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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Trees

As we all know, California has some spectacular scenery and our great variety of trees makes up a large part of it. In this adventure, Huell visits three "big" trees that are a great example of California's Gold. First Huell travels to Santa Barbara to see the Moreton Bay Fig Tree. Given to a little girl as a gift from an Australian seaman, the sapling was planted in 1876. That little sapling is now the largest Moreton Bay Fig in the continental U.S. The tree is 42 feet around its base, 80 feet tall and has a branch spread of 176 feet.

Next it's off to Temecula and the former ranch of Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason Novels. On this spot stands the largest California Live Oak in the world. It stands 96 feet tall, with a trunk circumference of 20 feet and a branch spread of 590 feet. It is estimated to be at least 800 years old. This tree is so big that most people think it is a grove of trees.

We end the show in Kings Canyon National Park at the General Grant Tree. This tree is the third largest tree in the world. It stands 267 feet tall and is 2,000 years old. What makes this tree so special is that it is our nation's official Christmas tree. The tree was officially dedicated on April 28, 1926 by President Calvin Coolidge. Ever since 1926, people from the community and visitors from around the world have trekked to the tree at Christmas time to celebrate our nation and the spirit of the holidays.

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Oil Islands
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In Long Beach, Calif., there’s a 42-acre collection of oilfield islands.
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25:56
Huell discovers two very historic and beautiful buildings in Yosemite National Park.
Aztec Wigwam
27:15
Huell travels back to a bygone era when he tours the Aztec Hotel and the Wigwam Motel.
Vandenburg
26:17
Huell visits Vandenberg for a first-hand look at the over 98,000 acre base.
Songbird of Manzanar
25:34
Huell visits with Mary Kageyama Nomura, known as the "Songbird of Manzanar"
Life in Death Valley
28:17
Huell explores the beauty and unexpected biodiversity of Death Valley.
Wings Over California
27:50
Huell soars above our state as we look at the Pigeon Courier Service.
Devil's Jaw
25:40
Watch Huell as he embarks on a journey to the most dangerous spot on the California coast
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