Jedediah Strong Smith was born in New York Jan. 6, 1799. His parents ran a unprofitable store that they left in 1811 for greener pastures on the frontier, first in Pennsylvania then in Northeast Ohio.

Jedediah Smith Redwoods is the northernmost redwood park in the state and arguably one of the most impressive, too! The park covers 10,000 acres and is vast. It houses some of the world’s ...

Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831 ... While gathering supplies and breaking wild horses, it was at this camp that Smith’s clerk Harrison G. Rogers wrote about the climate, recorded the trouble ...

If you feel the same way, consider visiting any of the incredible redwood parks along the coast, but especially Jedediah ...

He was Jedediah Smith ... in him making a tidy fortune and Smith even briefly tried to settle down in more-civilized St. Louis. But the call of the frontier was too strong, and in 1831, he ...

Before Instagram and geotagging threatened its very existence, a unique thicket of redwood trees nestled within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park flourished for over a thousand years near ...

Then it became the worst-kept secret at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park ... Michael Taylor — and featured in the 2007 book “The Wild Trees” by Richard Preston — the grove became ...

Discovered in 1998 by Steve Sillett and Michael Taylor — and featured in the 2007 book “The Wild Trees” by Richard ... the unmapped valleys in Jedediah Smith's old-growth jungles for the ...

In 1827, Jedediah Strong Smith, referred to as “Mountain Man” Smith, entered the San Joaquin Valley. The New York native was a trapper and explorer. On Aug. 22, 1826, accompanied by 17 men and ...

In partnership with the Jedediah Smith Society, Kern County on Tuesday unveiled the Jedediah Strong Smith Monument at Panorama Park, a 3,200-pound granite slab that overlooks the Panorama Bluffs.