Land of the Giants (Reel 1)

the home of the California was the first state  park State back in 1865 the federal government gave her the Y Valley which was a state park  until it went back to Uncle Sam again in 1890 to become part of Yos national park at the turn  of the century she made a second effort buying 9 ,000 Acres of redwood forest and creating  California Redwood 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 an extraordinary organization they saved the Redwoods League was brought into  existence chiefly to save as much as possible of the Virgin Redwood forest along the northern coast  of theate out of the work of this league grew the movement for a series of parks to contain liberal  samples of the best of California's natural beauty 3 to1 Californians voted in 1929 in favor of a  bond issue of 6 million for Parks the bond act required that that $6 million has been spent and  for it California has obtained mountain and sea forest and Desert Canyon stream and water fall  worth twice Majestic World carpeted with smooth aralis or giant Fern from which straight clean  trunks rise 300 ft toward the sky are found in California's state parks save forever from the  axe to fill those who behold them with awe and reverence California Redwood wood State  Park consisting of some 10,000 acres mostly Redwood forest 2 and 1/2 hours  distant from San Francisco in Santa Cruz County was the first California  state park to be established when the Golden State set out determinedly to create  a system of state-owned recreational areas second to n 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 coming of the Civilian  Conservation Corps under the ECW plan speeded up a program of continued development  which 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 isn't easy for there are timbered canyons to be encircled  and traversed and real mountains to be climbed bridges are being put in  constructed 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 a park as large as this one as well known  and as intensively used must go in for the minute details of Park equipment in a rather big way  there are lots of outdoor cooking or camp stoves and the yards in which they are built with much  of the labor done by conservation cor enroles are real concrete fabricating plants the camp  equipment is designed by draftsmen and Engineers attached to the camps the chief aim in design is  that of Fitness in relation to Forest environment along and near the South Fork of the Eel River  and its tributaries and in the region traversed by the Redwood Highway are outstanding Beauty  spots of stream and Valley Landscape though Long established as a popular Resort for visitors  to Humbolt County Humbolt Redwood state park has always needed just the kind of work which was  made possible through the inauguration of the ECW plan with its Army of Civilian Conservation core  workers it was imperative that the beauty of the area as a whole be preserved by extending the  boundaries of the original lands comprising the park clearing dense undergrowth from the  big redwoods for fire prevention and Freer growth provides lumber for practically  any kind of construction job which may be desirable the conservation core boys make  everything from heavy Bridge Timbers to park signs many of the trails being built have  exceptional Scenic Beauty they wind for miles over Fern clad slopes to reach the  mountaintops around the core campsites the traffic set up by the new work  project using tractors trucks and other heavy machinery make constant road  work necessary increasing the telephone communication system in these big Forest  areas is an invaluable conservation measure which the unres are contributing Timber fires  haven't nearly the chance they had some years ago here are some of the most impressive and  earliest known groups of big squas the Stannis River one of the most beautiful of the many  California Mountain Streams flows near The Groves in forests where necessary  thinning provides the poles the extension of Telephone and  Telegraph systems is not difficult miles of fire lanes are being cut trenching and the Improvement of look