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Historic Timelines on the Mallo Camp Ponderosa PineLocated South of Mallo Camp on Public Lands Managed by the Newcastle Field Office 1656 – The tree is already 4 feet tall. 1742 - A year of widespread wildfires in the Black Hills. 1776 – Independence Day. 1785 – A year of widespread wildfires in the Black Hills. Most of the old growth trees in the area were established after these fires. 1803 – Louisiana Purchase. 1823 – Jedediah Smith loses his ear to a grizzly bear along the Cheyenne River. 1825 – The first treaty between the Sioux tribes and the US Government. 1851 - First Treaty of Fort Laramie between the Lakota Sioux and the US Government.
1869 – Wyoming becomes a Territory. 1874 – Custer’s expedition in the Black Hills and the beginning of the Black Hills gold rush. 1889 – The City of Newcastle is founded. 1890 – Wyoming becomes a State. 1897 – Black Hills Forest Reserve is established. 1903 – Teddy Roosevelt visits Newcastle. 1933 - The General Land Office transfers the land the tree is growing on (320 acres) to the Black Hills National Forest. 1970 – The Black Hills National Forest transfers the land to BLM. 2008 – The core sample is taken from the tree (4 feet above the ground level).
Core sample collected by Brett Blumhardt (NFO) & Bob Means (WSO) Sept. 2008 Core aged & mounted by Bob Means
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