Description: Scenic view, travel, cedar, woman with wagon, woman with guitar, another wagon in the distance. Text on front: "Cedar 20 feet in diameter, eight feet from ground. Storms of more than a thousand winters have left their imprint on this ancient landmark of the forest." and "Pacific Highway cut through this stump 10 years after picture was taken." This tree was later hollowed out to accommodate the road. Later the tree was sawed at the ground, cut to 16 ft. high and moved to U.S. Highway 99 near Silvana. Today, it bears the inscription: "Relic, a Vanquished Forest Western Red Cedar [Thuja Plicata Don] Age 1250 years. Preserved at Request of Snohomish County Pioneers, A. D. Arlington, Washington, 1922." See Andrews' book "This was Logging" pages 60 & 61. (negative 1978.84.162 a).
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