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California's Gold with Huell Howser
John Muir Special
Season 1
Episode 143
Join Huell on this special episode where he meets and speaks to John Muir, the Scottish-American naturalist who was an early advocate for preservation and conservation of the America’s beautiful wilderness. John Muir also founded the Sierra Club, a prominent conservation organization. Huell speaks with the man himself (via reenactment) and learns about his life, philosophy, and environmentalism.
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25:33
Huell tours the Glendale office of Classic Arts Showcase, a free cable TV arts program.
25:55
Huell visits with the Whistling Champ Carole Anne Kaufman at her salon.
28:20
Huell travels to Central California to visit the 80 acre Masumoto Family Farm.
27:03
Huell sails aboard the state’s official tall ship, Californian.
28:22
Huell tracks down Point Fermin's beautiful glass Fresnel lens.
27:07
Join Huell as he hikes high up in the Eastern Sierra to visit the Conness Glacier.
26:12
Huell spends the day in Granite Bay California learning the ancient art of Hoshigaki.
28:19
"Doctors” of the Gold Rush did the best they could to care for California's immigrants.
27:44
In Long Beach, Calif., there’s a 42-acre collection of oilfield islands.
27:22
The Warnors Theatre, a Fresno landmark that opened in 1928, houses a unique pipe organ.
27:36
Huell visits the the International Printing Museum in Carson.