Video
Stop 3 - ASL - Halfway to Train Trestle: Transportation: Then and Now
Transcript
This is Stop number 3 The Strentzel Ranch filled the Alhambra Valley, totaling 2,600 acres by 1890. After the death of Dr. Strentzel, John, Louie, and their two daughters Wanda and Helen joined the widowed Mrs. Strentzel in the “Big House”. A more pastoral scene of fruit and nut trees, wheat and grapes would have been hard to find. Looking around you now, 20th century changes are everywhere. The park immediately around the home is now only nine acres and surrounded by other homes, businesses, and roads. The buzz of Alhambra Valley bees has taken on another form. The sounds of our 21st century is much different than that of Muir’s 19th century. One of the resources in National Parks is called a “soundscape”. Trying to preserve the quiet of the Grand Canyon might be easier than here in this suburban park. Though the roar and howl of vehicles can be disturbing to us now, here is a quote of what John Muir innocently thought about the future of automobiles in our national parks: “All signs indicate automobile victory, and doubtless, under certain precautionary restrictions, these useful, progressive, blunt-nosed mechanical beetles will hereafter be allowed to puff their way into all the parks and mingle their gas-breath with the breath of the pines and waterfalls, and, from the mountaineer’s standpoint, with but little harm or good.”
Descriptive Transcript
A young man is standing in a plan room, and is using American Sign Language. Full details of the ASL dialogue are in the transcript.
Description
Welcome to the ASL (American Sign Language) version of the main park grounds tour. There are 12 videos, each of which corresponds to the cell phone tour stop signs throughout the park. This first "Stop" begins behind the visitor center. Visually, these small signs contain a stop number and a cell phone number. Please select the correct video from the web page, as you move from stop to stop. Feel free to reach out to our staff, if you have any questions. There is also a transcript for each stop.
Duration
1 minute, 48 seconds
Credit
NPS/Luther Bailey and Cory Stellmack
Date Created
08/23/2023
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