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Personal favorites "Salt" about the salt ponds around the South Bay. https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1999/01/08/salt-californias-gold-1001/ htt
by cjensen 4y ago
Personal favorites
"Salt" about the salt ponds around the South Bay. https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1999/01/08/salt-californias-gold-1001/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1999/01/08/s...
"Drawbridge" about a ghost town in the marshes of the South Bay. To me, it was more interesting as a glimpse into how people lived a hundred years ago. https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2002/01/08/drawbridge-californias-gold-4007/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2002/01/08/d...
And because I think it's important to remember the ugly parts of history, lest it be repeated, I'd recommend "Manzanar" https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2002/01/08/manzanar-californias-gold-4012/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2002/01/08/m..., "A Tale of Two Cities" about Colonel Allensworth State Park https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1992/12/10/a-tale-of-two-cities-californias-gold-308/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1992/12/10/a..., and "Weedpatch" about the 'Okies' https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1995/12/10/weedpatch-californias-gold-601/ https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/1995/12/10/w....
- beej71 4y agoEvery time I'd take the train down to SJ, Drawbridge was always a favorite sight.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoSomeone had told me there was some sort of Speakeasy thing out there during Prohibition. Urban folklore as far as I know.
- kurthr 4y agoI don't know either, but my father-in-law claimed to have got drunk there during prohibition. He died a decade ago, but by my calculation he would have only been 17 when prohibition was repealed in '33. Only know that because he was 24 when he was called up for WW II. Could be true or a very old wives tale.
- PopAlongKid 4y agoI visited the Manzanar site, found it worthwhile.