Located in Pacific Palisades, 141-acre Temescal Gateway Park was a major center of the Chautauqua Movement in the 1920s and '30s. It offered programs of lectures, music, literature, science, and discussion of public issues. Huell learns about the history of the park from rangers, local residents, and the daughter of Rev. Charles H. Scott, the founder of the Chautauqua camp. Early history includes when the canyon was a meeting place for neighboring Native American tribes. In addition to being the location of Scott's independent Chautauqua, the town of Pacific Palisades was founded there in 1922. The area became a public park in 1994 thanks to the state's Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.