Wawona Tree was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. It had a height of 227 feet (69 m) and was 90 ft (27 m) in circumference. A tunnel was cut through the tree in 1881.
The Wawona Tree fell in 1969 under an estimated two ton load of snow on its crown. The giant sequoia is estimated to have been 2,300 years old.
The Wawona Tree fell in 1969 under an estimated two ton load of snow on its crown. The giant sequoia is estimated to have been 2,300 years old.
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, ca. 1880s |
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| Norwegian-American artist Chris Jorgensen painting the tree, 1894 |
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| Horse-drawn wagon driving through the Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1902 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1903 |
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| Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite's Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1903 |
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| President Theodore Roosevelt is in this group visiting, 1903 |
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| President William Howard Taft (hat off in carriage) visited the Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1909 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1918 |
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| The Wawona Tree, ca. 1920s |
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| The Wawona Tree, 1921 |
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| Passing through the Wawona Tree's tunnel, ca. 1930s |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1939 |
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| A group of servicemen, 1943 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1946 |
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| The Wawona Tree's tunnel, 1949 |
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| The Wawona Tree, ca. 1950s |
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| The Wawona Tree, July 4, 1954 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1956 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1960 |
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| The Wawona Tree's tunnel, September, 1962 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, September 1962 |
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| The Wawona Tunnel Tree, 1962 |
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| The remains of the Wawona Tunnel Tree following its collapse, 1969 |
