Program Showcase

Promise of Paradise Episode 25: Leon Springer

Mendocino County Public Broadcasting | By Sarah Reith

Published May 2, 2019 at 5:28 PM PDT

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Leon Springer holding his first-born daughter Robin in front of partially built yurt in Potter Valley, 1981.

Leon Springer

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First sawmill job at Rancho Mariposa, milling a lightning-killed pine.

Leon Springer

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Out of the tipi, into the yurt.

Leon Springer

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SUnday volleyball in Potter Valley.

Leon Springer

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Leon Springer teaching daughters Robin and Shannon how to play basketball.

Leon Springer

Leon Springer moved to Potter Valley in 1974 to build yurts and live communally. Now a successful businessman, he remembers how he discovered what he could become through hard work, lots of fun, and friendships that last for decades. We’ll take a journey from an iconic concert experience in San Francisco to Mothers Day blintzes on the Eel River; double digging in the garden and feeding kids and bears.

44133_may_2_pop_leon_springer.mp3

Long interview with Leon Springer, aired May 2, 2019.

mp3_leon_springer_web.mp3

Lightly edited interview with Leon Springer.