he was the son of a well-to-do department store owner named baron goldwater. he was an adventurous kid, a little wild, maybe a lot wild. he ended up in military school in stanton, new fruit -- virginia because of this. he loved to do all the things that boys did. like pranks, run around with his buddies. he loves to camp. he loved to hunt. an area around child that mountain -- you will see camelback mountain, the most famous natural icon in phoenix. this is a picture of it in the early 1900s as barry goldwater would have seen it. it is covered in houses mostly now. wide-open spaces, and these had a significant influence on goldwater for the whole of his life. these useful experiences in the desert are going to shape his environmentalism as an adult. let me tell you a little thing about his mother, who was crucial to this. josephine goldwater was from nebraska. she moved to arizona because she had tuberculosis. the idea was that the clear, invigorating air of arizona would cure you or at least make things a little bit less intense. she did not expect to live lo