Charles Kellogg was a popular Vaudeville singer from northern California known for his impeccable imitations of bird songs sung from the throat instead of by whistling. When he would return home, he would see his beloved redwood forests under threat, and thought of a new way to spread a message of conservation. In 1917 the Pacific Lumber Company donated a fallen redwood trunk 11 feet in diameter from their lands and Kellogg cut a 22-foot section to mount onto a Nash Quad chassis. The log weighed three tons, and a…
