Category: California’s Gold
Japanese Garden – California’s Gold (712)
It’s the oldest Japanese-style garden in the United States. Located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, the Japanese Tea Garden has been
Santa Rosa Island – California’s Gold (711)
The Chumash called it Wimal. To Conquistador Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo it was San Lucas. Today it is known as Santa Rosa, and its 54,000 acres of
San Juan Bautista – California’s Gold (710)
A century ago, it was the hub of Northern California — a crossroads where over the years you would have encountered gentle Mutsune Indians,
Camels and Bison – California’s Gold (709)
Huell goes in search of two animals found in our state today which aren’t supposed to be here. First, he travels to Catalina Island in
Dry Lake Bed – California’s Gold (708)
Huell visits a Rogers Dry Lake (formerly known as Muroc Dry Lake) in the Mojave desert that is so hard and so gigantic that it is the site of
Neat Houses – California’s Gold (707)
Searching for some of the neatest houses in California, Huell travels from one of the state’s most public houses to the most private. We
Firefall – California’s Gold (706)
A shout echos through Yosemite… “Let the Fire fall,” and from 1872 to 1969 that’s just what happened. Join Huell at the
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