Essay: Walking Among the Redwoods

By Jason Steinhauer, a historian who walked among California's giant redwoods on Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail shares its history and his experience.

Redwood trees along the Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail inside Redwood National and State Parks, near Orick, California, 2024. (Photo by the author)

Editor’s Note: East Wing Magazine recently published a story contemplating The Remaining Days of First Lady Jill Biden. In the story, First Ladies Studies experts compare Dr. Biden’s final days in the White House with Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Johnson’s days in the months following her husband’s decision not to seek relection on March 31, 1968. Lady Bird Johnson spent some of that time dedicating national parks sites. This essay by

Jason Steinhauer

, author of History Club, was first published on the History Club where he writes about the intersection of history, politics, media and tech. Steinhauer is also the bestselling author of “History Disrupted.” I hope you enjoy the rich history this piece provides about the women involved in saving redwoods before Lady Bird Johnson advocated for the establishment of Redwood National Park.