Just to provide perspective to the undisturbed nature of the forests in the Eastern USA at the turn of the 20th Century (early 1900s).

This particular Cypress was named "Senator."

There are occassional postcards that will turn up, like this one, which shows the majesty of the once huge forests of the USA. I own another one of these postcards I found it in a museum store in Charleston, South Carolina about eight years ago.

The West Coast learned the mistakes of cutting down every last large tree and preserved the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) (click here) and Coastal Redwoods (sequoia sempervirens) (click here).