Chicago White Sox Redwood Tree

On 25 March 1914 the Chicago White Sox played an exhibition game in Riverside, against the Los Angeles Angels, and planted a redwood. It is still in Low Park, more than 110 years later. The exact date and the game come from a local history site; the marker gives only the year. By 1927 the tree was almost 40 feet tall, and the club's owner, Charles Comiskey, had a tablet put up beside it that year. The city later made it City of Riverside Landmark number 60, which is a fair honour for a tree whose only planting crew were professional ballplayers. Two things we cannot tell you. The sources call it only a redwood, without saying whether it is a coast redwood, a giant sequoia or something else; if you can tell from the needles or the cones, let us know. And the most recent sign of it is a single photograph taken in August 2026, which shows it standing but says nothing more about its health. A second sighting would help. Low Park sits at the head of Magnolia and Palm avenues, free and open, about 400 metres from the Parent Navel Orange Tree, so the two make a short walk.