General Grant, Boole trees spared from Rough fire so far By Marc Benjamin. ... The YMCA owns 850 acres at Sequoia Lake and has a family camp, youth camp and skateboard park.

General Grant came to be known as the Nation's Christmas Tree as a result of two local Sanger men, R.J. Senior and Charles Lee, who were active with the city's chamber of commerce at the time.

Initially founded as General Grant National Park, this verdant sanctuary saw an extensive expansion and was renamed in 1940. Today, that specific section is General Grant's Grove within Kings Canyon.

World's second-biggest tree? On further review, General Grant sequoia is supplanted. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 65°F. Friday, May 9th 2025 Today's e-Edition. Home Page.

FRESNO — Deep in the Sierra Nevada, the famous General Grant giant sequoia tree is suffering its loss of stature in silence. What once was the world's No. 2 biggest tree has been supplanted ...