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‘On the trunk of the Fallen Monarch’, 1905

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‘Troop D, 9th Cav., on the trunk of the Fallen Monarch, Mariposa Grove, California’

H. C. White & Co.

1905

 

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The Fallen Monarch in Yosemite National Park was toppled centuries ago but its gigantic trunk can still be seen today. At the end of the 19th century its hollowed-out core was used as a temporary stables by the U. S. Cavalry.