Chicago Stump-6,690' (Hume) (36.7935575, -118.9801091)
Legal: T13S, R28E, Sec18W
| Deg | Min | Vertical Deg | Min | Distance | Visible | |
| Delilah | 95 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 7.8 | |
| Park Ridge | ||||||
| Buck Rock |
Description : Trips : References : Pictures
Description:
Also known as the California Hoax. But a better name was the General Noble Tree. It was about 3,200 years old with a height of 29\85' It was cut to go to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago where people thought it was a hoax.
John Willock Noble (October 26, 1831 – March 22, 1912) was a U.S. lawyer and brevet brigadier general in the Civil War. He served as the Secretary of the Interior between 1889 and 1893 From Wikipedia
Trips:
- US Forest Service
- TrailWiki
- Lonely Planet
- LA Times Sept 11, 2015 article on the Rough Fire
- Wikipedia
- Jared Farmer's blog
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