Narrator the home of the californiacs was the first state park. Back in 1965, the government gave her the yosemite valley. Which was a state park until it went back to uncle sam again in 1890 to become part of Yosemite National park. At the turnofthecentury, she made a second effort, buying 9000 acres of redwood forest and created californias redwoods state park. Redwoods, the tall tapering giants of the tree world, are largely responsible for the fact that the golden state has a state park system, one of the finest in existence. During the world war, and extraordinary organization, the save the redwoods fleet, was brought into existence chiefly to save the Virgin Redwood forests along the coast of the state. Out of the work drove the movement for a series of parks to create liberal samples of the best of californias natural beauty. Three to one, california voted in 1929 to give 6 billion to parks. The bond required that if that 6 million has been spent, california has obtained mountain and sea, valley and desert, canyon, stream, and waterfall with quite a majestic world filled with giant ferns countries that rise 300 feet to the sky. It is saved forever from the axe. And feel those who behold them with reverence. Awe and reverence. California redwood state park, consisting of some 10,000 acres, mostly redwood forest, 2. 5 hours from San Francisco in santa cruz county, was the first state park created when the golden state set out to create a system of state owned recreational areas second to none. It is a magnificent monument to those stately giants of the forest world. The park is splendidly equipped to serve the requirements of the visiting public, and in the Summer Season is constantly thronged with pleasure seekers. The members of the civilian conservation corps under the ecw plan speeded up development that will take many years to complete. Additional roads and trails are needed, for it must be remembered that the park covers almost 16 square miles. The trail building is not easy, for there are timbered canyons to be encircled and traversed and mountains to be climbed. Bridges are being put in, instructed entirely of bold native material. Timbers are easy to procure and therefore inexpensive. The conservation corps, under the expert direction they are given, are able to handle every detail of the work. System thata larger is well known and intensively used for the minor details of the park equipment in every way. There are lots of Outdoor Cooking or capstones, and the odds with which they are built by the conservation corps enrollees, are concrete fabrication plant. The camp equipment is designed by draft equipment and designed to the camps. The chief concern is fitness in relation to the forest environment. Along and near the south fork of the eel river and its tributaries and in the regions traversed by the redwood highway are outstanding beauty spots and of stream and valley landscapes. A popular resort, humboldt county, Humboldt State redwood park has always needed the work that has been made possible by the ecw planof with its army of civilian conservation corps workers. It was imperative the beauty of the area as a whole should be preserved by extending the boundaries of the original land s arising comprising the park. Clearing dense undergrowth from the big redwoods for Fire Prevention and freer growth lumber formber any kind of construction job that may be desirable. The conservation corps boys make everything from heavy bridge timbers to park signs. Many of the trails being billed being built have exceptional scenic beauty. They wind for miles over for an clad slopes torn reach mountaintops. Around the core campsites, the traffic set up by the new work project make constant roadwork necessary. Increasing the Telephone Communication system in these big forest areas is an invaluable conservation measure in which the enrollees are working. Timber fires have not got the chance that they had some years ago. Here are some of the most impressive and earliest known groups of big sequoias. The stanislaus river, one of the most beautiful of the many california and californian mountain streams, flows near the groves. In forests where necessary winning needs thinning provides the goal the extension , of telegraph and telephone systems is not difficult. Miles of fire lanes are being cut. Trenching and the improvement of the san hasnt out mountains outlinecinto mountains characteristic of the sierras. Here more than 50 square miles of beautiful wilderness, virgin timber and rugged mountains. One peak rises well over two miles. The summit of the range affords an impressive view of the surrounding country for hundreds of miles around, and from hidden lake, one can see the desert on so weirdly and mysteriously bearing on the very edge of this amazingly fertile california. In recent years the world over, there seems to have been an awakening to the joys of a more rugged life outdoors. Thousands of men, women and children are traveling the tramping the countryside, not merely riding through it. Our letter Larger National parks are more popular than ever before. San jacinto is one area where it the the beauties of nature will never unfold themselves completely to those who think of scenic sightseeing a job for automobiles. Foot roads at the end of motor roads. One conservation camp was established way up in the clouds. Lumber had to be carried up on the backs of horses and burros. From the winding trail, the customer can see a widely changing view of beauty spots. Countless wonders which nature alone can create. There is a lot of work to establishing the kind of camp in which more than 200 people can live for an indefinite period winter and summer in comfort and with safety to their health. In this mountain country, the same rocks that make grading difficult have their virtue in providing splendid material for foundations wherever building strength is essential. Building additional trails as work atf the enrollees san jacinto. Some of them look like chasms. They are made from granite rocks quarried right on the job. The first chow call of the day is at the early hour of 6 00 in the morning, but no one is ever late for breakfast. His appetite wont let him. Looks like ham and eggs. Luncheon is sometimes served in the field, for the boys quickly frequently work many miles from camp, and the workers must have hot food three miles a day. Dinner or supper if you prefer the term is served about 4 30 in the afternoon. Every man, his own dishwasher. Rubicon point is a scenic area on the shores of lake tahoe, one of the highest and the largest of the sierra lakes. The lake itself, because bodies of water of this size are rarely found at high altitudes is an , attraction of itself. Here is an expanse of 193 square miles of cold, crystalclear water purged almost a mile and a quarter high in the mountains. Many of the Motion Picture celebrities from Southern California have traveled along its shores. Within easy motoring distance of sacramento and San Francisco, it the Rubicon Point park attracts many visitors. Campsites particularly on Rubicon Point are popular. The conservation corps boys are doing much of their work in the forest, cutting new trails and establishing additional campsites. Sometimes they find it necessary their period of usefulness and interfering with the development of the park as a whole. One of those not infrequent examples of eroded rock is a point of interest. It is called the balanced rock. Not enough is known of the civilian conservation or conservation of civilians part of this unique nationwide recovery plan. More than a million young men and war veterans have been participants. It have failed to absorb values even greater to them than the money given. These boys here are being taught many things about tree and plant life, insect pest control, which they can apply in later life. Prairie creek in humboldt county is a magnificent redwood park. Rocky ocean shores with stretches here and there of sandy beach and to the materialistic charm of the region. Think of the piece of a camp like this where a trip 300 feet from the springy turf with the incense of redwood, pine and fir. At patricks point, forests give way to meadows, and meadows to the sea. One stretch of beach is being cleaned of debris to provide fine ocean bathing. Undergrowth is luxuriously deep, and the trail building is being carefully done to preserve it. One of the interesting activities of the boys here is the making of redwood signs to mark trails and places of interest. Unusual talents along widely varied lines have been uncovered among the enrollees. From roads along the tumultuous big sur river, there are rivers,f turning for waterfalls stately forests, meadows and lofty mountain peaks. Just before it plunges into the pacific, the big sur traverses a Beautiful Valley about 250 feet above sea level. 600 acres, including this valley are comprised in this , outstanding state park area, variously named from the big sur river, pipers woods and pipers point, which are in the same vicinity. Mountain streams in the california region are unusually swift and powerful. When they start for their ocean destination from elevations much greater than those common along the atlantic seaboard they move , with speed and determination. The distances they traverse are relatively short. The drop is much more precipitate. They are really a part of one great waterfall from the peaks of the sierras to the expensive expansive and powerful pacific. The park is in monterey county, about 30 miles south of carmel. With its western boundary about six miles from the junction of the big sur and the pacific ocean, which is on a fine state highway and easily accessible to travelers en route to los between los angeles and San Francisco, the two largest cities in the state. Its scenic features are diversified. El peak and manu post summit are about 3500 feet high. There are mountain canyons well worthy of the name. Igera waterfalls are of exceptional beauty. Generally speaking, Building Construction work done by the conservation corps and rowleys and rowley enrollees is incidental to the program being carried out. Theyre usually built for them before they arrived in camp. This garage for tractors, trucks and so on is a conservation construction. Much of the trail and road work being done requires nothing more than the good old pick and shovel. But in some instances, the most modern of motorized equipment is being used. There are seasons of the year when the big sur becomes quite unruly, and the part of the work that is on the riverbed, easing the flow of water. With 200 active Young Americans on hand, good baseball is an almost inevitable result. Miles of babbling brooks, just the sort of place people from the coast cities like so well. Roads and trails will open up new spots and frequently require coverts, andls, short bridges. A circumstance is that sand and gravel are available, able to steam trucks and shovels busy for days. Useful and attractive as incense, cedar. Careful of the trees that are already dead is helpful, not hurting the forest. Cedar is able to split into good rails, which has lasting qualities. The fence you see being erected is eating built near the core camp. Grasshoppers or notice it are noticed in the field. They are stopped with poison. Here are the boys who are doing the job, answering the bugle for assembly for the dya before the days work begins. On morro, where morro rock is an outstanding scenic attraction, it also is being expanded and developed in a manner that will make it useful and attractive to everybody. The conservation corps camp has been established near the site of the old cabrellio country club colony. A fine natural beaches being approved for bathing. Pier iswooden peer being replaced. Roads near the beach are being relocated to provide picnic grounds and parking areas. There will be the usual outdoor ovens, freshwater outlets, tables, and benches. The state Park Commission is interested in a purely conservation measure, the divine Element Development of a wildlife refuge. Dikes are being built to shut out the ocean. A freshwater supply will be provided for small lakes and lagoons to attract waterfowl. Russian gulch and Mendocino County is richly closed with edwoods, rhododendrons, huckleberry, and ferns. It is sharply cut by inlets in tides wildly to greet everchanging spectacles create wildly to everchanging spectacles. Conservation corps boys are patrolling the beach, clearing it of ocean wreckage wreckage that comes with the tides to interfere with the bathers full enjoyment. Deep in the forest, they are modifying natures handiwork, roads are being made safe and easy for motorcars. Careful and intelligent work is making a sluggish brooke and even more delightful haunt. Fallen timber that constitutes a n ever present fire hazard is being removed. Housing of the conservation corps and their equipment has called for a considerable amount of construction in the park. The boys at Russian Gulch are fond of the manly art, and a surprisingly large number of boxers participate in boxing tournaments which are radically regularly held. These negro lads prove the development of the basic conservation core idea, working in the fresh outdoors in sunshine good food, plenty of , sleep and an easy mind. Looks like a real goal. A wellconstructed squared circle, gloves light enough to feel the sting of a punch and a jauntily worn bathrobe. A cheering and enthusiastic audience. These trophies, paid for by the boys themselves, will recall some of the happiest days in the lives of these fine americans. Narrator one million unemployed young men and were veterans were war veterans were enrolled in the civilian conservation corps , in the two years of its first existence. They are taken by a first basis. Their personal care are in the hands of the United States army, the countrys most experienced organization. Each state park corps camp is set up according to a carefully organized plan. The superintendent employed by the state Park Division of the National Park service, is in charge of the work. Skilled equipment requires supervision. The enrollees serving as helpers. The basic fee for enrollees is 30 per month. Everything the enrollee requires is supplied to him. Clothing, comfortable barracks, good food. Doctors are in regular attendance. Direction of this unique and fundamentally sound program to preserve and develop the nations resulted of a plan that places i value on manpower and is in the hands of some of the countrys most important individuals. Headed by president roosevelt, the man who conceived it and put it into action. Interested in American History tv . Visit our website and see the Upcoming Schedule or watch a recent program. American artifacts, wrote to the white house rewind, lectures in history and more. At cspan. Org history. American history tv is marking the centennial of the National Park service. They asked members of congress which sites have the most significance for them. Bill pascrell this has a special significance. I have lived all my life in paterson new jersey. It is part of my congressional district. I have been with [indiscernible] so i have a lot of great fond memories. This is where Alexander Hamilton brought George Washington to develop the First Industrial city in the United States, with the technology that was brought from europe. So this site, this national site, which has been named a National Park for the last seven years, it is a new park. And usually the park service is not into urban parks, but this is right smack in the middle of urban america, industrial urban america. With some problems of course, industrialization, it has changed. Even though there is still manufacturing going on, but this comes behind the aesthetics of the great walls, which is the secondlargest wall in the east. With the great historic happenings of the great walls, the Industrial Revolution, first trains. E, first cars or we had tremendous engines that were built in paterson, new jersey. More engines came out of paterson then in any place in america. It was the silk city of the world, paterson, new jersey. And you might say, you got to be kidding me. We could not grow the mulberry bush. We tried to do that along time ago. But we still developed the silk industry. From paterson, new jersey. Hamilton knew exactly where this was going. He had a mind for finding a system of economics. He showed this city in new jersey as a place to begin this great industrialization. So i am very, very proud to be a part of that. We are proud to have a National Park in our city, and is growing. Up, and you have pains. We just created the mariel and kramer park. She was the wife of one of the mayors of paterson, new jersey, who is still living. She is not still living. She was a great person. She got me interested in the falls. She got me into the preservation. Preservation does not mean putting ropes around a place so people cant see it really or touch it. No, this is a very part of our community. It is a lifeline. We try to make it a destination, this National Park, so that people will come here from all over the world. We want more to come. And so we are very proud of our National Park, and i very proud of the park service. They do a fantastic part day in and day out. Most of the time, we take it for granted, that we dont do that in paterson. They made a very, very severe move to make sure the immunity is involved day in and day out at the paterson great falls. We have grown, the park has grown in a very short period of time. A lot of visitors are coming here from all over the world. We have legislation for it, we had it passed, thanks to the help of the resource committee. And this is a very historic stadium. This is where negro leagues played. This is where we built the first africanamerican to play in the american league, cleveland indians, over 12 years. He grew up in paterson, new jersey. I knew him very well. I think we should introduce a gold medal for him in the congress. We hope to get that done by the end of the year. So we are growing, but we are not going beyond what we can handle, what we can maintain, what we can sustain, and we are getting young people involved and older people involved in this preservation. Preservation is important, because we know history, but we dont know culture. And culture is more important than history. The facts, the daily situations that we face day in and day out. What are your values that you value . And the Industrial Revolution was really a value point for america. This is what america is about, hard work, getting her hands dirty once in a while. Getting your hands dirty once in a while, building america. Manufacturing and production, but we are trying to maintain what we do have, because that is important for middleclass people in this country. History tv oncan thursday, august 25 at 7 00 p. M. Eastern to commemorate the National Park service centennial. , panelistsstory tv discuss the 1976 Republican National convention in kansas city missouri, the last contested Republican City republican convention. Gerald ford and Ronald Reagan were in a close race. They did not have the number of delegates when the race began. The panelists member the role played by republican senator bob dole, who was contemporary Convention Chairman and was selected by president ford to be his Vice President ial running mate. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this 90 minute event. So ladies and gentlemen my , thanks to bill lacy and Audrey Coleman and Dole Institute for putting this on and creating this exhibit and helping us to put on this panel. And also to senator dole and mrs. Dole. Senator dole of course famously said, when president ford picked him and they did the press conference right after they picked him, he said, dole is a