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Paving The Way: The National Park-To-Park Highway

Paving The Way: The National Park-To-Park Highway

Sunday, November 22 at 7:00pm on Channel 12 & 12.1
This 2-part series looks at 12 intrepid motorists who embarked upon the 1920 inaugural tour of the National Park-to-Park Highway. Traveling 5,000 miles over 76 days (before gas stations and paved roads), these individuals visited all 12 National Parks and demonstrated the first stirrings of the great American road-trip. Part 2 of 2.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea

The National Parks: America's Best Idea "The Morning of Creation (1946-1980)"

Sunday, November 22 at 8:00pm on Channel 12 & 12.1
The final episode takes a look at Mission 66, a billion-dollar campaign tasked with building facilities and infrastructure to accommodate the flood of park visitors; the re-establishment of wolves in Yellowstone; and the uproar in Alaska when President Carter set aside 56 million acres of land for preservation.
For The Rights Of All: Ending Jim Crow In Alaska

For The Rights Of All: Ending Jim Crow In Alaska

Tuesday, November 24 at 9:00pm on Channel 12 & 12.1
This program tells the true-life story of Elizabeth Peratrovich (pictured) – a young, unassuming Tlingit Indian mother of three who testified before the Alaska State Senate in 1945. Her compelling testimony swayed the floor to vote in favor of the Anti-Discrimination Bill, the first civil rights bill passed in the U.S. since the Civil War.

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