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Fort Ross State Park California. Fort Ross, was a Russian Fur Trading Outpost between 1812 and 1841, never a military fort. Original builds and replicas tell of a short lived Russian history in California. Fort Ross is one of the oldest parks in the California State Park System.

Audio Journeys explore Yosemite National Park, California via a tram. Spring is a great time to visit Yosemite, when birds and wildflowers flowers abound. Our tour guide tells us about rock climbers, Miwok natives, the swift flowing Merced River, and other superlatives of Yosemite. One of the oldest parks in the nation, Yosemite was made a national park in 1890, and designated a World Heritage Site in 1984.

The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is the country's only floating museum. Patricia Lawrence explores two of the six ships with a park ranger: the 1886 square-rigger Balclutha and the 1890 steam ferryboat Eureka.

Thomas Steinbeck, son of famed writer and Pulitzer Prize recipient John Steinbeck, sits down with Patricia Lawrence for a casual conversation about his life; his published short stories, Down to a Soundless Sea; fictional accounts of life around Monterey Bay California...and his father!

In 1879, due to its central location in the center of the country, Aberdeen became the hub of the Milwalkee Railroad. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Aberdeen with railroad men who lived some of that history.

Audio Journeys explore Pamunkey Indian Museum in King William, Virginia with basket weaver and curator, Joyce Palemoon Krigsvold. Pamunkey Indians now number one hundred people, of a once very large and powerful tribe on the east coast of USA since the Ice Age. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series.

Oglala Sioux elder, Johnson Holy Rock speaks with Patricia Lawrence about the Black Hills of South Dakota and why the tribe will not cash the check the US Federal Government gave them to pay for their sacred mountains. And we speak with Chief Oliver Red Cloud, 85-year-old grandson of Chief Red Cloud, one of the signers of the Fort Laramie Treaty that granted the Black Hills to the Sioux Nation.

Audio Journeys explore Mammoth Cave National Park, Louisville, Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest and most diverse cave system with over 350 surveyed miles. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Music by Jason Serfling.

Audio Journeys are exploring Quebec City, Quebec in early February during their Annual Winter Carnival, the largest winter carnival in the world.

Audio Journeys explore Nevada Historical Society Museum, Reno Nevada. We discover 15,000 years of Nevada History.

Audio Journeys explores the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, Oregon. This 35,000-square-foot cultural center is a working monument to the past, present, and future of three native tribes of southeastern Oregon. Tamástslikt celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes. It means turning something over. The Center's education manager is our guide.

Audio Journeys tour Explore Park in the Shenandoah Valley, Roanoke, Virginia. On the Blue Ridge Parkway, Explore Park’s visitors' center is open, the Living History Tour, the subject of this Audio Journey is currently closed. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series.

Audio Journeys explores the Mayan world of Mesoamerica. We travel through Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Audio Journeys explore St. John’s Church in Richmond Virginia. St. John’s Church is one of the most important buildings in the American Revolution. It was here that the 2nd Virginia Convention was held in March 1775 with over 100 revolutionaries attending, including George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series.

The National Capital Commission of Canada has the mission and the mandate to build the Capital Region around Ottawa as a source of pride and unity for Canadians. One place the NCC accomplishes its goals is at Gatineau Park in Chelsea Quebec, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It's February when we explore Gatineau Park, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa.

Audio Journeys are exploring the National Civil Rights Museum Memphis Tennesse. Forty-one years ago on April 4 1968, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated as he was leaving the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee to join the city's sanitation workers' striking for better working conditions and pay.

Audio Journeys explore Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa California. It was here that the famous horticulturalist Burbank developed most of his 800 varieties of vegetables, flowers and trees.

Patricia Lawrence explores three sacred places around San Francisco Bay - Miwok (Native Californian) fertility rock, Mt. Tamalpais, and Grace Cathedral on Nob Hill - with author and travel writer Brad Olsen.