Andrew P. Hill

Andrew P. Hill

Andrew Putnam Hill (1853–1922) was a Californian painter and photographer best known for successfully leading an effort from 1899 to 1902 to save a forest of large redwoods in Big Basin, California, as a public park, the first in what became the California State Park System.

Read more about Andrew P. Hill:  Life and Career, Big Basin, Legacy

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