Place: CA-Giant Forest

Giant Forest (Giant Forest)   
(36° 33′ 44.8″ N, 118° 45′ 5.35″ W)

Description:
“After a general exploration of the Kaweah basin, this part of the Sequoia belt seemed to me the finest, and I then [1875] named it ‘the Giant Forest.’ (Muir: Our National Parks, 1901, p. 300.)
Hale D. Tharp was the first white man to visit Giant Forest, 1858. (Walter Fry.)
Lands in Giant Forest and vicinity, patented prior to act of 1890 creating Sequoia National Park, were purchased in 1916 and reconveyed to the United States for $70,000, of which $50,000 was appropriated by act of Congress, July 1, 1916, and $20,000 was contributed from the funds of the National Geographic Society. Subsequent purchases of patented lands were made by the National Geographic Society from funds donated by individuals, and reconveyed to the United States, 1920-1921. (National Geographic Magazine, January, 1917, pp. 1-11; July, 1921, pp. 85-86— Progress in the Development of the National Parks, by Stephen T. Mather, Department of the Interior, 1916, p. 7—Report of the Director of the National Park Service, for 1920, pp. 50, 115; same, for 1921, p. 15.)  From     Place Names of the High Sierra (1926) by Francis P. Farquhar

Trips:

• October 22, 2019 - Day trip to Beetle Rock, RimRock Traill, Soldier Trail, and Bear Hill Trail
• November 5, 2020 -  Day trip  with Rose, John, Cathey, Sherri and Gary to  RimRock Traill, Soldier Trail, and Bear Hill Trail.
• March 17, 2021 - Betty, Sherri, and Gary snowshoed up Crescent Meadow Road. Then Soldier Trail, wandered around and then back to Giant Forest. 
• July 28, 2021 - Sherri and Gary day hiked part of the High Sierra Trail, Trail of the Sequoias and around Circle Meadow.
• November 1, 2023 - Sherri and Gary walk around Crescent Meadow area including Circle Meadow, Log Meadow and the Trail of the Sequoias
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References:

•  NPS Giant Forest Museum
• NPS Giant Forest Points of Interest
• Wikipedia
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