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Browse the selection of video clips from the documentary, scenes that had to be cut, and untold stories of The National Parks.

How Yosemite Got Its Name

In 1851, armed white men reached a valley in the Sierra Nevada mountains they called Yosemite, thinking – mistakenly -- it was the name of the local Indian tribe.

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Video Clips from the Series: (Scroll through selections and click to view clip.)

• 1. How Yosemite Got Its Name (02:16)
• 2. Alfred Runte on Visiting the Parks as a Child (00:48)
• 3. John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt in Yosemite (06:14)
• 4. Dayton Duncan on the Human Connection to Nature (00:57)
• 5. Mark Twain and Hawai'I Volcanoes National Park (06:34)
• 6. Gerard Baker on the Indian Idea of Sacredness (00:33)
• 7. The Kolb Brothers and the Grand Canyon (04:39)
• 8. Glen and Bessie Hyde and Their Trip Through Grand Canyon (09:18)
• 9. Denali: The First Climbers (03:08)
• 10. John Hope Franklin on Traveling to Parks with his Family (01:09)
• 11. Chiura Obata, a Painter of Yosemite (04:53)
• 12. Adolph Murie and the Story of Wolves in the Parks (05:48)
• 13. Biscayne Bay: Attempted Development (04:49)
• 14. Clay Jenkinson on Thomas Jefferson, Nature and the Parks (00:52)
• 15. Grand Canyon and the Antiquities Act (03:40)
• 16. Mesa Verde and the Discovery of the Cliff Dwellings (05:19)
• 17. John Muir's Early Life (03:22)
• 18. The Cavalry's Challenges Protecting California's Parks (01:16)
• 19. A Yellowstone Poacher Becomes a Big Story (01:59)
• 20. Theodore Roosevelt Speaks at the Yellowstone Arch (01:45)
• 21. Theodore Roosevelt and the Grand Canyon (01:02)
• 22. Stephen Mather's Mountain Party (03:36)
• 23. Stephen Mather Tributes (01:04)
• 24. Alaskans Protest New Protected Lands (02:39)
• 25. Wolves Return to Yellowstone (02:13)

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Deleted Scenes: (Scroll through selections and click to view clip.)

• 1. George Caitlin (01:26)
• 2. Madison Junction Campfire (05:03)
• 3. Ice Chief (07:29)
• 4. Grinnell and Glacier National Park (02:48)
• 5. Oliver Lipincott and Yosemite National Park (02:28)
• 6. Eve of Estes (01:25)
• 7. Isle Royale (02:28)
• 8. Virgin Islands (02:26)
• 9. Elizabeth Titus Putnam & Student Conservation Association (03:21)

Untold Stories, This Is America, and Park Timeline: (Scroll through selections and click to view clip.)

• 1. Untold Stories - City Kids in National Parks (13:17)
• 2. Untold Stories - Manzanar (14:22)
• 3. Untold Stories - Mount Rushmore (09:29)
• 4. Untold Stories - San Antonio Missions (12:07)
• 5. Untold Stories - Yosemite's Buffalo Soldiers (11:28)
• 6. This Is America (44:20)
• 7. The Creation of the Parks: a Timeline (08:51)

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I've seen some of these Shows on PBS. They are full of the most Beautiful Sceenery and Great Infromation on our National Parks. I want to see them all! The Videos and the Parks, in Person!:)

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