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October 19, 2005
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English text on the right |
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Big Pine, California
Big Pine, California, is an old
west town located in Owens Valley at the intersection of Highways 395
and 168.
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Denne store "baby"
Sequoia står i stedet for det træ, der gav byen dens
navn. Den er plantet 23. Juli, 1913, og er døbt
Roosevelt-træet efter præsident Theodore "Teddy"
Roosevelt. Træet er omkring 27 meter højt. |
This big "baby"
Sequoia replaces the one that gave the town its name. It was planted
July 23, 1913, and was named the Roosevelt Tree after president
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt. The tree is about 80 feet tall. |
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Zurich Station lidt øst
for Big Pine var en station på den smalsporede Southern Pacific
Railroad, og var i brug til 1960, hvorefter byen Zurich blev forladt.
Zurich fik sit navn på grund af Sierra Nevada-bjergenes lighed
med Alperne. |
The Zurich Station a bit east of
Big Pine was a station on the narrow gauge Southern Pacific Railroad,
and was used until 1960, after which the town of Zurich went ghost.
Zurich was so named, because the Sierra Nevada Mountains look like
the Alps. |
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