Miscellaneous
This episode of News Knowledge is the result of last month's visit by Robert Sheldon and his son Ryan with us here at the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, where they were able to view news clips of Robert's father Don Sheldon, who was profiled by CBS News reporter Charles Kuralt in 1974 on the CBS Evening News. Don Sheldon was among the early aviation pioneers who developed the piloting skills necessary to land and take off from glaciers in Alaska, and who built a small hut within sight of what was then known as Mt. McKinley. (More...) Today Sheldon's descendants are fulfilling his dream by constructing a mountain house they've named the Sheldon Chalet, in the same remote, breathtaking location near that same mountain, now known as Denali. To more fully appreciate the truly spectacular natural beauty of this place, use any of these links: http://www.sheldonchalet.com https://twitter.com/mthouse1966 https://www.instagram.com/sheldonmthouse https://www.facebook.com/sheldonmountainhouseandchalet