Talk:Kaweah Colony

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[edit] "It began the local tradition of naming notable trees..."

This appears to be incorrect. The colony didn't get its start until 1886, but the General Grant tree was named in 1867[1], and the General Sherman tree itself was named (for Sherman) in 1879[2], 6 years before the colonists arrived. --Dcfleck 15:52, 25 November 2006 (UTC)