Boole (tree) the largest in Converse Basin Grove, was named around 1895 by A.H. Sweeny, a Fresno doctor, after Franklin A. Boole, a supervisor of the logging operation who spared the tree's life due to its great size. Before 1931, it was thought by many to be the largest tree in the world (although the General Grant Tree was more popularly known as the largest tree in the world at that time), but it is now known as the sixth largest tree, after five other giant sequoias: the General Sherman tree, the General Grant, the President tree, the Lincoln tree, and the
Sequoia High School (Redwood City, California) Sequoia High School (Redwood City, California) Sequoia High School was established in 1895 and is a high school in downtown Redwood City, California, United States. Today, it's one of the few schools to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme within the San Francisco Bay Area. Sequoia High School is part of the Sequoia Union High School District. The school grounds include a Japanese tea garden which was built in 1929 by students, and it includes a number of historical trees; the Giant Sequoia, Monkey-puzzle tree, Australian Tea tree, Ginkgo biloba trees, Cork Oak tree and many others. Established in