Before the logging industry came to California, there were an estimated 2 million acres (8,000 km2) of old growth forest containing redwoods growing in a narrow strip along the coast.

By the early 20th century, most of these forests had been cut down. Just north of the San Francisco Bay, one valley named Redwood Canyon remained uncut, mainly due to its relative inaccessibility.

This was noticed by U.S. Congressman William Kent. He and his wife, Elizabeth Thacher Kent, purchased 611 acres (247 ha) of land from the Tamalpais Land and Water Company for $45,000 with the goal of protecting the redwoods and the mountain above them.

In 1907, a water company in nearby Sausalito planned to dam Redwood Creek, thereby flooding the valley. When Kent objected to the plan, the water company threatened to use eminent domain and took him to court to attempt to force the project to move ahead. Kent sidestepped the water company's plot by donating 295 acres (119 ha) of the redwood forest to the federal government, thus bypassing the local courts.

On January 9, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt declared the land a National Monument, the first to be created from land donated by a private individual.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muir_Woods_National_Monument#History

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021843&forum_id=2#29004233)

You're done here bro, just throw in the towel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021843&forum_id=2#29004327)

The biggest coastal ones were never logged. Further inland where wildfires would keep size down they could be logged.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021843&forum_id=2#29004228)

http://youtu.be/HdgMcbNwZ3o

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3021843&forum_id=2#29004246)

God damn, I wish every tree I've cut down turned into firewood when it hit the ground.

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