Administrative History:
Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Jennifer Crabtree
1988
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Pacific Northwest Region
Did You Know?
Sometimes you will see sequoias in a straight row. This may happen because sequoia seeds prefer mineral-rich burned ground. When a fallen log burns long and hot, it leaves a strip of bare mineral-rich soil — an ideal place for new sequoias to grow. Years later, we see a line of sequoias!