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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Sequoia Black History

Season 6 Episode 6002

Huell joins the centennial celebration of Colonel Charles Young’s tenure as superintendent at Sequoia National Park. Young led his “Buffalo Soldiers” during a historic summer working in the second national park ever created in the United States. Young discovered and named a majestic Giant Sequoia after an individual that inspired and influenced his life, Booker T. Washington.

Available Until
5/7/2026
Airdates
Thursday Apr 23, 7:00 PM PDT on PBS SoCal Plus
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B2 Bomber Update
58:34
Huell goes to Edwards Air Force Base to take a look at the B-2 close up.
Shasta Dam
27:17
Huell and Luis get a behind the scenes look at this engineering marvel of Shasta Dam.
See's Candy
25:41
It started back in 1921 and quickly became one of California’s “sweetest” success stories.
Cotton
24:13
Huell spends a day in Buttonwillow, which calls itself the “Cotton Capitol of California.”
Songbird of Manzanar
25:34
Huell visits with Mary Kageyama Nomura, known as the "Songbird of Manzanar"
Teardrops
24:57
Step back in time with Huell as he visits a weekend gathering of teardrop trailers.
Barns
27:21
Huell visits famous barns across California.
Desert Tower
27:50
Huell Climbs the Desert Tower Near Jacumba
Join Huell as he climbs to the top of The Desert View Tower in the Imperial Valley.
Tuolumne Meadows
27:35
Huell visits Tuolumne Meadows inside Yosemite National Park and learns about the history.
Old-Fashioned Harvest
27:37
Huell attends a lively recreation of an old-fashioned harvest near Modesto.
Manzanar
28:51
Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten WWII Japanese American Internment Camps.
Nitt Witt Ridge
26:16
Huell Howser travels to the Central Coast in search of historic Nitt Witt Ridge.
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