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California's Gold
Season 2
Episode 12

Lost Sierra

March 1, 1991

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California's Gold - S2 - E12

Join Huell and travel to Downieville, nestled high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, to see what makes this little town so special. Explore a town that stood during the years of the California Gold Rush; meet the staff on the Mountain Messenger, the state’s oldest weekly newspaper; and watch a demonstration of the long, heavy wooden skis worn by the gold miners in the mid-1800s.

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California's Gold: Season 2 - 7 Episode s

2x1 - Living History
May 9, 1991
Join Huell as he spends an entire episode around living history. First, he experiences a recreation of everyday life in a 19th century Russian community at Fort Ross State Historic Park. Next, he sails aboard the state’s official tall ship, the Californian, and see for yourself the site where Sir Francis Drake left a plate of brass when he landed on our California shore.
2x6 - L.A. Adventures
May 10, 1991
This adventure is all about Los Angeles! Huell’s adventure begins at the La-Brea Tar Pits and continues through the futuristic-looking Theme Room, also known as the Encounter Restaurant at LAX; then, Huell locates a buried bridge on the campus of UCLA; Next, he finds every conceivable food item, from fruit to cactus leaves, at the bustling Grand Central Market in downtown. Finally, join Huell as he watches the harvesting of grapefruit from a 100-year-old tree in Little Tokyo.
2x7 - Preserving the Past
January 10, 1991
Huell takes a tour of the little, quaint town of Locke, founded and settled by Chinese immigrants on the Sacramento River Delta; then he hears ancient Cahuilla Indian bird songs sung by members of the Cahuilla tribe, and participates in a threshing bee and antique engine show in Vista, CA, featuring old farm vehicles and machinery.
2x8 - Traditions
October 1, 1991
Join Huell and watch the exciting sport of the charreada or Mexican rodeo at a local Ontario arena; hear the crack of the bat at a baseball game played by the Stockton Ports, the minor-league team believed to have inspired the poem, “Casey at the Bat”; and listen to the sounds of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Band, the oldest and only year-round municipal park band performing in the country.
2x9 - Trains
June 1, 1991
Huell is ready to celebrate train travel at Railfair ’91 at the California Railroad Museum in Sacramento, and ride the rails at Railtown State Historic Park in Jamestown in the scenic Mother Lode foothill country.
2x11 - Natural Wonders
July 1, 1991
In this episode, Huell searches for the tallest, the prettiest, and the rockiest natural wonders in California. Join Huell and hike to the world’s tallest tree in Redwood National Park with a group of fifth graders from a nearby school; admire fields ablaze with golden color of California’s official state flower, the Golden Poppy, at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster; and climb to the top of magnificent Morro Rock for a beautiful view of Morro Bay.
2x12 - Lost Sierra
March 1, 1991
Join Huell and travel to Downieville, nestled high in the Sierra Nevada mountains, to see what makes this little town so special. Explore a town that stood during the years of the California Gold Rush; meet the staff on the Mountain Messenger, the state’s oldest weekly newspaper; and watch a demonstration of the long, heavy wooden skis worn by the gold miners in the mid-1800s.

Lost Sierra

California's Gold - S2 - E12

California's Gold: Season 2 - 7 Episode s

2x1 - Living History

2x6 - L.A. Adventures

2x7 - Preserving the Past

2x8 - Traditions

2x9 - Trains

2x11 - Natural Wonders

2x12 - Lost Sierra

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