California's Gold - Season 24

California's Gold - Season 24

Season 24

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Episodes8
DatesNov 10, 2011 - Sep 20, 2012
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Episodes

FDR's Boat
Season 24Episode 130 min

FDR's Boat

Huell takes an inspirational voyage upon Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Yacht, the U.S.S. Potomac. Now stationed at Jack London Square in Oakland, the ship is operated by a staff of volunteers and is now open for public tours.
Nov 10, 2011
Chavez Center
Season 24Episode 230 min

Chavez Center

Huell travels to the Tehachapi Mountains to visit The Cesar Chavez Foundation. Set on 187 acres, the buildings where once home to a tuberculosis hospital and then it’s where Cesar lived and labored during his last quarter century as he fought for better rights for migrant workers. Now the Center is a carrying on Cesar’s dream and welcomes visitors to learn about this important chapter in our states history. Huell gets a very special and personal tour of the Center from Cesar’s son Paul.
Jan 12, 2012
S.S. Catalina Update
Season 24Episode 330 min

S.S. Catalina Update

Huell traces the history of the S.S. Catalina, which carried 24 million passengers to-and-from Catalina Island from 1924 to 1975. Considered by many to be the West Coast’s most storied vessel, the S.S. Catalina fell into disrepair while docked at Ensenada and efforts to rescue and restore the legendary ship ultimately failed. It was dismantled and scrapped. Today, some of the ship’s original signs, doors, and benches decorate the home of Coos Bay resident Dave Engholm, whose love for the S.S. Catalina led he and his family into a remarkable restoration project.
Apr 23, 2012
Sea Shadow
Season 24Episode 430 min

Sea Shadow

Sea Shadow was the Navy’s “Stealth Ship,” a futuristic vessel built in 1984 to test new naval technologies, especially Signature Control, better known as “stealth”. Follow Huell to San Diego for an extraordinary tour, and find out the fate of the now-retired vessel.
Jul 7, 2012
Cabrillo's Ship
Season 24Episode 530 min

Cabrillo's Ship

Huell travels to Point Loma to learn about the history of Juan Cabrillo’s ship, the San Salvador, which arrived at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542. We then meet the builders and see the progress of a full-scale replica of the ship at the San Diego Maritime Museum.
Jul 5, 2012
Jacaranda
Season 24Episode 630 min

Jacaranda

Huell, with the help of his friends from the Braille Institute, learns about the history of jacaranda trees in California, which dates back to the 1890s when horticulturalist Kate Sessions first planted the seeds in Balboa Park. The blooming purple trees can now be seen all across the state, and we will find that some people call the jacarandas a “mess” while others call them a “miracle”.
Jul 6, 2012
Watts Towers
Season 24Episode 730 min

Watts Towers

Aug 20, 2012
Classic Arts Showcase
Season 24Episode 830 min

Classic Arts Showcase

Sep 20, 2012

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