Author: Daniel Noah
Desert Tower – California’s Gold (5007)
The Desert View Tower stands 3,000 feet above sea level, three miles east of Jacumba in the Imperial Valley. The four-story, cut-stone structure
Gauldin Dolphins – Visiting (1104)
When Huell discovers that the students he spoke with at Gauldin Elementary School had never actually seen a dolphin–their school
Ridge Route – Road Trip (122)
Completed in 1915, the Ridge Route was carved from the San Gabriel Mountains by workers using mule-drawn dirt scrapers. From ridge top toridge
Madrona Marsh – California’s Golden Parks (114)
Rescued from future development and a history of oil drilling, the 42-acre Madrona Marsh Nature Preserve in Torrance is one of the last remaining
Herald Examiner – Visiting (1109)
Huell gets a tour of the Herald-Examiner building in Los Angeles that closed in 1989, marking the end of William Randolph Hearst’s empire
Mining Museum – California’s Golden Parks (113)
Huell drops by the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa to see our state’s official collection of more than 13,000
John Muir – California’s Gold (5005)
Huell goes back in time and visits with John Muir* at Yosemite National Park. Muir was America’s most famous and influential naturalist and
Moss Landing – California’s Golden Coast (106)
Huell sets off from Moss Landing in the middle of Monterey Bay and discovers Elkhorn Slough. It’s an ecological treasure,
Anacapa Island – California’s Golden Coast (105)
Anacapa Island, one of California’s Channel Islands, is located 14 miles off the coast from Ventura. From the ocean, Huell finds that ocean waves
Chautauqua – California’s Golden Parks (115)
Huell visits Temescal Canyon Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades which was a major center of the Chautauqua Movement in the 1920s and ‘30s.