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On the western shores of our mighty land.
In the mist and shadows above pacific sands .
Standing high before the whiteman came .
Rising up before the wheel .
There is a dreamland where the giants stand.
In that green dark forest too silent to be real .
In that primeval forest,
far too silent to be real .

 

 
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The Lost Monarch
Somewhere in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park it stands. In an unmarked grove it stands. In the "Grove of Titans" it stands. Before the birth of Christ it stands. As Rome rose and fell it stands. As Columbus sailed for the "New World" it stands. As the thirteen colonies rebelled it stands. As the North and South fought it stands. As the world had geat warsIandIIit stands. In the eternal mist and fog it stands. For over 2000 years it has stood, watching.
The "Lost Monarch", the largest coast redwood in the world has reigned over its lesser subjects in anonymity until May 11, 1998. On that day it was d...

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