Month: December 1995
Weedpatch – California’s Gold (601)
Huell learns that many “Okies” fled the Dust Bowl in their jalopies with signs reading “California or Bust.” Out of
Olives and Berries – California’s Gold (603)
Huell gets a taste of history as he visits two families who have turned their crops into empires. He visits both the olive orchards in the San
Hidden Gold – California’s Gold (605)
Huell looks beneath the surface of our state. First he goes to the prehistoric La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles, where prehistoric
Life in Death Valley – California’s Gold (606)
Huell discovers that even though it’s thought of as one of the bleakest and most desolate places in the world, Death Valley can be
Scotty’s Castle – California’s Gold (607)
Huell travels to Death Valley to learn about Walter Scott… one of the great characters of California history. Huell tours the amazing
Center of California – California’s Gold (608)
Huell travels in search of the geographic center of our state and in the process visits a whole string of towns that lay claim to being
Folsom Prison – California’s Gold (611)
Huell tours Folsom Prison, which for well over a century has housed some of our state’s toughest characters and gets a rare look inside
California Zephyr – California’s Gold (610)
Huell revisits the California Zephyr, a magnificent train which traveled between Chicago and Oakland from 1949 to 1970. Huell climbs aboard one
McCloud – California’s Gold (612)
Huell visits the historic lumber and railroad town of McCloud, located at the foot of Mt. Shasta, California’s second highest mountain.