An article on Big Trees in the late nineteenth century as seen through the eyes of George Colgrove, a train engineer.

Notables: George Colgrove, Johnny Hooper, Ed Mix, John C Fremont, Joseph Welch, Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Andrew P Hill / A P Hill, Big Basin State Park, Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, James Fair, sequoia sempervirens, Southern Pacific Company, Clouette