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History and significance:
This towering specimen stood on the Capitol Campus before the buildings were erected in the 1920s. The fragrant, lightweight wood of western red cedars is famous for rot resistance. With bark that could be woven into mats and baskets — and trunks that made excellent canoes of 70 feet in length when hollowed out — these trees were imperative to the the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.