This book is nearly half a biography of the Big Basin Redwoods State Park and all its eventful history, and over half a collection of photography of the park, taken by Alexander Lowry. Near the end is a simple map of the park's territory as of 1973.

Notables: Compass Group, sequoia sempervirens, Porter Roberts, Tony Look, Sempervirens Club, Andrew Putnam Hill / Andrew P Hill, Waddell Creek, Sebastian Vizcaino, Don Gaspar de Portola expedition, Scott Creek, William W Waddell / William Waddell, Big Gulch, Punta del Ano Nuevo, Big Basin Lumber Company, Thomas Maddock cabin / Tom Maddock, Alice Sinnott Maddock / Alice Maddock, John Maddock, R S Ellsworth, Save the Redwoods, Sempervirens Creek, Berry Creek, Columbia Blacktail Buck, trillium, stropharia, polypody fern, Amanita calyptroderma, Opal Creek, Chimney Tree, Silver Falls, Douglas Iris, Sempervirens Falls, Columbia Blacktail Doe, Columbia Blacktail Deer, Steller's Jay, Automobile Tree, D M Delmas, Redwood Park Bill, California Timber Company, J H B Pilkington, Redwood Park Commission, Sam Rambo, Hiram Johnson, Mountain Echo, California State Park System, Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp SP-15, Save-The-Redwoods League, Sierra Club, Howard King, William Balch, Curtis Mitchell, Clyde Newlin, Wesley M King, David Bartlett, Donald Patton, Sharon Lowry