A Landmark on the Pioneer Trail

S. l.: By the author, 1930. Very good. Small broadside, n. d. (1930s); 11 1/2 x 8; white stock, illustrated with a photograph and ruled with a gilt border; signed by the author in blue ink in the lower right corner; small punctures to top and bottom edges from previously being hung with thumb tacks, else minor wear; in very good condition.A beautiful, unrecorded tribute to one of Northern California's natural wonders, the latter now gone, the broadside contained a what-appears-to-be an original poem in honor of and an image of Mammoth Hooker Oak near Chico. Over a hundred feet tall, the tree's age had been estimated at a thousand years, when it fell in 1977, though it was discovered it was in fact two trees, at about half that age each, which had grown into one.The author, Andreas Petersen Sontum (1875 - 1958) appears to have been a Danish-American resident of Petaluma, a prominent citizen and an active member of the Lutheran Church community.