Journey through the human history of Pinnacles National Park, from its ancient indigenous inhabitants to early settlers and the park's establishment.
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Ancient Land, Layers of Human History
This series, Footprints Through Time, traces the layers of human history woven into Pinnacles National Park — from its earliest inhabitants to the forces that eventually…
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Ohlone Roots in the Pinnacles Landscape
The Chalon and Mutsun groups of the Ohlone people lived in this region for thousands of years before European contact, developing one of the most sophisticated land…
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Missions That Reshaped a World
Mission Soledad, founded in 1791 just west of here, became one of the most isolated and difficult outposts in the entire California mission chain.
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The Homesteader Who Saved Pinnacles
In 1891, a Michigan homesteader named Schuyler Hain settled near these volcanic spires and became so captivated that he devoted decades to making sure they'd never be…
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From Monument to National Park Status
Theodore Roosevelt designated Pinnacles as a National Monument in 1908, making it one of his many acts of conservation during a presidency that protected roughly 230…
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Depression-Era Workers Shaped These Trails
Between 1933 and 1942, roughly 300 young men at a time lived in camps nestled among these volcanic spires, earning thirty dollars a month — twenty-five of which they…
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