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OCR: Sequoia some of the growth rings, each corresponding to significant historical event Note that even one thousand years ago represented by the fourth mark from the center this was very big tree These rare and remarkable natural treasures grow in sixty-three groves scattered along the west tern slopes the Sierra Nevada Mountains Containing from as few as six to many thousands of trees the groves cover a total of about fifteen thousand acres at elevations of twenty -nine hundred eightv-eight hundred feet. Today it is illegal to cut down giant sequoias. western eighty