This tree is called The President- it is a giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada in California. Interestingly there are a lot of record breaker trees in California. The Bennet Juniper at somewhere between 3000 and 4000 years old, located in the Sierra Nevada north east of Yosemite. The oldest living tree is the Methuselah, a bristlecone pine located in the White Mountains of eastern California. Methuselah is over 4,800 years old!! In college I took a dendrology class and actually got to see which tree was Methuselah, I remember thinking that it really wasn't that impressive in size, but twisted and knarley and still alive. If only they could tell us what they have seen.