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Huell Visits Nitt Witt Ridge, a Folk Art Home Made of Things Like Toilet Seats and Abalone Shells
Season 4
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26:16
Huell Climbs the Desert Tower Near Jacumba
Season 5
Episode 5007
27:50
Huell Celebrates the Life of 'Buffalo Soldier' Charles Young at Sequoia National Park
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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Big Creek
Season 1
Episode 140
Huell travels to the mountains above Fresno to tour “Big Creek”’ which was America’s first large-scale integrated hydroelectric project, begun in 1911. This massive engineering marvel consists of 23 generating units in nine powerhouses with a generating capacity of approximately 1,000 megawatts, and six major reservoirs with a storage capacity of more than 560,000 acre-feet.
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27:11
Huell meets with West Coast Turf and learns all about the grass that they install at sports venues.
27:41
Huell meets up with historian Tom Macaulay, who takes him to a frozen lake in the Sierra.
25:47
Citizens of Bishop, California, set aside an entire week to pay tribute to… the mule.
27:20
Join Huell atop Glacier Point with Nic Fiore, last to start the annual Yosemite firefall.
27:36
Huell’s off to Amador county and the town of Volcano.
27:28
Huell joins the centennial celebration of Colonel Charles Young’s tenure.
24:57
Step back in time with Huell as he visits a weekend gathering of teardrop trailers.
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.