“He had more stuff than any pitcher I ever saw,” – Philadelphia Athletics manager, Connie Mack on Rube Waddell.
LOS ANGELES BASEBALL CIRCA 1900
Author: Arthur Mullen
Roger Sherman, also of Connecticut, was known to have given one of the shortest speeches in history at a bridge dedication ceremony when he said, "I think it will hold up all right," while testing the strength of the bridge with one foot.
YOSEMITE CALIFORNIA, by Carleton Emmons Watkins, 1878
"President Teddy Roosevelt visited California's Yosemite Valley in 1903... artist Carleton Emmons Watkins was there 25 years earlier, in 1878."
THE TREE AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, by Bruce Walter Barton, 1980
"In relating to the tree each person saw himself or herself standing at a unique center — the heart of the individual was projected to that single point where the tree's vertical and horizontal axes intersect. No matter what size the community, each member enjoyed the same, yet singular position. California's natives knew who they were — and they knew where they were — because of this sacred tree at the center of the world."
Aliso Tree — Los Angeles, rooted in history. 