HAVE FRESH PRODUCE, TOMATOES, CABBAGE, GARLIC, STRAWBERRIES.

IT'S ALL HERE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SETTING.

HERE TO WELCOME US TO THIS DESTINATION IS DAVID CARLING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> DAVID, TELL US WHERE WE ARE.

SO FAR WE HAVE MADE THIS >> YOU'RE IN NORTH COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO.

IT'S A TOWN OF VALLEY CENTER.

YOU'RE ON A FARM ABOUT 115 ACRES.

IT'S A WORKING FARM AND AN EDUCATION FARM.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS TO BRING THE SCHOOL KIDS OUT HERE 200-400 KIDS A DAY.

THERE'S AN UNIQUE SETTING HERE WHERE THEY COME OUT AND SEE FARMING AND PICK STRAWBERRIES AND LEARN ABOUT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND SEEDS.

IT'S A NICE PLACE.

>> YOU HAVE LOTS OF KIDS HERE.

I ASSUME IT'S OPEN FOR ADULTS AS WELL, BIG KIDS.

>> WE TAKE KIDS OF ALL AGES.

WE TAKE KIDS FROM MOMS THAT ARE PREGNANT TO SENIORS WHO COME ALL THE TIME.

>> THIS AREA DRIVING OVER HERE WE HAD THE WINDOWS DOWN.

WE COULD SMELL THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

THIS IS A HUGE AGRICULTURAL AREA HERE.

>> VALLEY CENTER HAS LOTS OF AGO çRICULTURE.

IT RANGS FROM FULUS.

>> WHAT?

>> AND ORANGES AND AVOCADOS AND GRAPE FRUITS AND PALM TREES ARE FORMED IN AREA.

>> THIS TRADITIONALLY WAS A FARM BEFORE IT WAS SET UP AS A SPECIAL FARM?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AS FAR AS WE KNOW AND HAVE GONE BACK IT'S FARMED RUBBER, OLIVES, IT WAS A DAIRY FARM.

IT'S BEEN -- IT HAS HAD FARMING ALL IT'S LIFE.

>> NOW IT'S SERVING ANOTHER PURPOSE.

OUT HERE, LOUIE, YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS OUT IN THE FIELD.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING OUT THERE?

>> THEY'RE AT THE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN.

THERE'S A HOST DIFFERENT THINGS GROWING OUT THERE.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT VEGETABLES, WE EVEN GROW COTTON.

YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED WHEN THE KIDS COME OUT AND SEE COTTON IS NOT MADE BUT GROWN.

>> THE IDEA IS TO GET THE KIDS BIG AND SMALL, OLD AND YOUNG OUT TO THIS SPECIAL, HOW MANY ACRES?

>> 115 ACRE FARM.

>> AND IMMERSE THEM IN THE IDEA OF HOW THINGS ARE GROWN.

>> YES.

WE TEACH THEM FROM THE SEED TO THE TABLE.

>> LOUIE AND I ARE BIG KIDS.

YOU HAVE TOLD US WE CAN HOOK UP THIS GROUP OF KIDS DOWN HERE AND START THIS FARM EXPERIENCE.

>> YES.

WE'LL HOOK UP WITH THEM.

WE'LL LOAD UP ON SOME TOURS AND SEE THE FARM THAT WAY.

>> SO FAR WE HAVE KEPT THIS THING A MYSTERY.

WE HAVEN'T GIVEN IT AWAY YET.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO YET.

WE'RE JUST GETTING ON THE FARM TOUR NOW.

>> I THINK YOU WILL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

>> HERE COME THE KIDS YOUNG AND OLD.

WHAT GROUP IS THIS?

>> WE'RE LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST HOME SCHOOLERS.

>> THESE ARE HOME SCHOOLED KIDS.

>> YES.

>> WHAT'S THE IDEA TO BRING THEM HERE TODAY?

>> GIVING THEM THE EXPERIENCE THAT MAYBE THEIR ANCESTORS HAD AND THEY WON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IF THEY'RE NOT FARMERS.

IT OPENS THEIR EYES ON HOW THE FOOD IS GROWN IN THE LAND.

>> WE'RE LOADING THE KIDS HERE AND HERE.

DO YOU LIVE IN THIS AREA?

>> NO.

MOST OF US LIVE IN SAN DIEGO, LA MESA AND HE WILL CAJON.

>> YOU LIVE?R4÷ ç IN THE CITY.

>> YES.

>> YOU'RE HAVING A DAY ON THE FARM TODAY.

>> YES.

EXPERIENCING THE BEAUTY.

>> YOU'RE WEARING YOUR OVERALL DRESS THERE.

>> I'M TOGETHER, TRYING TO BE.

>> WE'RE GOING TO GET ON THIS, LET'S GET ON THIS ONE.

WE GET ON THIS ONE?

IS IT OKAY.

>> YES, YES, YOU CAN.

>> LOOK AT THIS HAT.

YOU ONLY WEAR THIS AT WORK, RIGHT?

>> JUST WITH THE KIDS.

>> LOTS OF FUN FOR YOU?

>> VERY MUCH FUN.

>> ARE WE HAVING A GOOD TIME TODAY?

>> .

GREATEST TIME YOU EVER HAD.

>> WE'RE READY.

HERE WE GO.

>> OKAY.

WE'RE OFF.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ON A RIDE LIKE THIS BEFORE?

>> NO.

>> ARE YOU EXCITED?

>> YES.

>> IS EVERYBODY EXCITED.

>> YES.

>> WE HAVE A TRAIN TO CATCH.

>> THAT'S RIGHT WE'RE GOING OFF TO GET ON A TRAIN, RIGHT?

>> WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAIN.

>> HOW DOES THIS WORK, HOW MANY GROUPS LIKE THIS COME THROUGH DAILY?

>> WE TRY TO GET ABOUT 300 CHILDREN IN HERE A DAY.

>> REALLY.

>> SEVERAL TOURS, YES.

>> YOU HAVE TO BOOK THE TOUR IN ADVANCE.

>> YES.

OUR CALENDAR FILLS UP.

IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE KIDS.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

THERE'S THE OTHER TRACTOR IN FRONT OF US.

THIS IS FUN.

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

>> THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAMILY'S FAVORITE PLACES.

WE COME ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR.

>> YOU HAVE COME BEFORE?

>> THIS IS MY THIRD TIME IN THE LAST YEAR.

WE LOVE IT HERE.

>> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US?

>> WE LIKE THE FARM.

I'M FROM THE MIDWEST.

I WAS RAISED ON A FARM.

I LIKE MY CHILDREN TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON A FARM.

WE LIKE THAT.

>> YOU PROBABLY LIVE IN A SUB DID SUBDIVISION NOW.

>> ON THE MIRA MAR MARINE CORP BASE.

ANY FARM IS NICE.

>> ARE WE HERE?

>> WE'RE HERE.

>> THIS IS IT.

>> WE'RE HERE.

FIRST STOP.

>> HEY.

>> HEY.

>> WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE TRAIN.

FARM TOURS RUN EVERY 30 MINUTES, LAST TOUR 4:00 PM.

IT'S NOT EVEN 11:00, WE HAVE LOTS OF TIME.

>> WE'RE ON SCHEDULE TODAY.

>> THE TRACTORS GOT US HERE PERFECTLY.

WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

>> WHAT HAPPENS NOW, WE WILL LOAD THE KIDS AND YOURSELF ONTO THE TRAIN.

WE HAVE A QUARTER SCALE TRAIN, IT'S 15 INCH TRACK.

IT WILL TAKE YOU ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES AROUND THE FARM.

>> EVERYONE WAVE, HERE WE GO.

THIS IS FUN.

>> THIS IS A GREAT TRIP.

>> LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL... JUST GOING OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY SIDE HERE.

YOU HAVE A NAME FOR THIS TRAIN?

>> BELL GARDENS FAR RAILWAY.

>> THE BELL GARDENS FARM RAILWAY.

IT'S LIKE A BIG MODEL TRAIN.

OH, WE HAVE OUR FIRST TRES HE WILLEL HERE.

>> YES.

YOU HEAR THE NOISE GOING ACROSS THE TOP OF IT.

THERE ARE A FEW MORE SURPRISES.

>> A DINOSAUR IS OVER HERE?

>> WE CUT THE BRUSH AND FOUND HIM IN THERE.

WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANYMORE YET.

WE'LL BE SURPRISED LITTER.

>> WHAT'S THIS HOUSE UP AHEAD OF US?

>> THIS SAY HOUSE ON THE FARM.

WE USE IT ACTUALLY FOR OFFICES.

IT'S REALLY HANDY.

IT'S CLOSE TO BE CHICKEN PEN.

>> THERE'S THE CHICKEN PEN TO THE RIGHT, WITH THE CHICKENS.

HA, HA... LOOK AT THAT.

SOME OF THE CHICKENS ARE OUT IN THE YARD.

>> WE MAKE THEM WORK FOR A LIVING.

THEY HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE BUGS.

WE COLLECT THEIR EGGS.

>> NOW, YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY GOT TRACTORS OUT HERE TILLING THE SOIL.

>> THIS TRACTOR HERE TODAY IS USING WHAT WE CALL A LISTER.

HE'S MAKING ROWS FOR THE CANTALOUPES AND WATERMELONS RED AND YELLOW.

WE HAVE A HOST OF THEM.

>> IT'S SPRING TIME AND THEY'RE TURNING THE SOIL.

>> YOU TAKE A LOOK HOW RICH THAT SOIL IS THERE.

>> THAT SOIL IS BLACK ALMOST.

>> IF YOU LOOK FURTHER THE TRACTOR IS DUMPING DIRT.

THAT'S COMPOST WE USE, WE COMPOST OUR OWN -- >> LOOK IN FRONT OF US, LOUIE.

GOSH.

THIS IS GREAT.

>> ISN'T THIS A NICE LITTLE STEEL BRIDGE.

>> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU GOT A WATER TOWER OFF HERE TO THE RIGHT.

>> THERE'S A COUPLE STEAM ENGINES THAT WE HOUSE FOR A GENTLEMAN OUT HERE.

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY NEED WATER.

OVER IN THE DISTANCE IS WHAT PEOPLE REFER TO AS A ROUND HOUSE.

THAT'S WHERE WE HOUSE OUR TRAINS AND TRAIN CARS AND OUR MACHINE SHOP.

>> BOY, AN OVER HERE TO THE LEFT, LOOK AT ALL THE FLOWERS IN BLOOM.

ALL OF THE NATURAL FLOWERS OF THE CALIFORNIA SPRING TIME.

>> YES.

THIS IS -- THESE EMBANKMENTS ARE COVERED IN BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.

>> BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK.

LOOK AT THIS.

NOW, OVER HERE ON THE LEFT, LOOK AT THIS, LOUIE, YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE ON TOP.

THE ARTICHOKES.

>> YES.

A SPECIAL VARIETY OF ARTICHOKES.

THERE ARE THORNLESS AND AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE YEAR THEIR CHOKELESS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRAIN YOU SEE SOME OF OUR STRAWBERRY PATCHS AND TOMATOES.

>> BOY, WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE LAKE HERE TOO.

>> YES.

THIS IS A LAKE KNOWN AS LAKE KATHLEEN.

WHAT WE DO HERE IS, THIS PROVIDES US WITH OUR WATER.

WE HAVE EIGHT WELLS.

WE HAVE A POND OUT HERE, A RESERVOIR.

WE PUT WATER, WE TAKE WATER FROM THE POND AND PUT IT OUT ON THE CROPS.

>> LOOK AT THE WATERFALL UP HERE.

SO, ON THIS TRIP YOU REALLY BOMBARD THE VISITORS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, DON'T YOU?

>> YES.

THEY COME OUT AND EXPECT US TO BE A LITTLE PRODUCE FARM.

WHEN THEY COME OUT WE HAVE SURPRISES IN THE BACKGROUND FOR THEM.

AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WE HAVE 100 CANADIAN GEESE OUT HERE.

LOTS OF MIGRATORY BIRDS MAKE THEIR NESTS AND STAY FOR THE WINTER.

>> WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO STAY FOR THE WINTER.

OKAY.

WE ARE OFF THE TRAIN.

NOW SHERYL IS TAKING THE KIDS THROUGH THE -- IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S EVERYTHING GROWING HERE.

>> THIS IS MORE OF THE DEMONSTRATION GARDEN HERE.

UP HERE YOU SEE THINGS FROM ARER HUBARB, SPINACH, RAD ISHES, CABBAGE, BROCCOLI, GARLIC AND COT EN.

>> >> I BET MANY OF THESE KIDS NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.

>> FOR THEM IT COMES OUT OF THE GROCERY STORE.

THEY SEE BEETS AND ONIONS GROWING OUT OF THE GROUND HERE.

>> WHAT HAPPENS THIS STUFF YOU'RE GROWING?

>> WHAT HAPPENS IS WE TAKE IT TO OUR PRODUCE MARKET HERE.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE PASSED COMING IN.

>> THAT WAS THE FIRST STOP.

WE SELL A LOT HERE.

THEN THERE'S WHOLESALERS AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS THAT COME OUT THIS WAY.

>> EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION FARM, IT'S A REAL REAL FARM.

YOU SELL, YOU -- PEOPLE EAT WHAT YOU GROW HERE.

THIS IS MORE THAN JUST INSTRUCTIONAL THINGS.

>> YES.

IT'S A WORKING FARM.

ALL THE SEASONS YOU SEE HERE GO FROM WINTER, SUMMER, SPRING AND FALL.

THERE'S A HOST OF THINGS.

IN OCTOBER YOU WILL BE SURPRISED THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ORANGE AND WEIGHT ALMOST 200 POUNDS.

>> BIG OLD PUMPKINS.

>> YES.

>> I'M TEMPTED TO PICK SOME OF THIS STUFF.

>> IT LOOKS GOOD.

WE HAVE PLENTY OF CABBAGE THAT'S FOR SURE.

AND BROCCOLI NEXT TO IT.

>> WOW.

THIS IS GREAT.

NOW, SHERYL WE'RE THROUGH WITH THE TOUR.

WE'RE THROUGH WITH JUST RIDING AROUND AND LOOKING AT THINGS.

NOW WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO SERIOUS HANDS-ON FARM -- THIS IS FARM HARVESTING.

>> YES.

THOSE BERRIES WANT TO BE HARVESTED.

IT'S TIME.

>> THE IDEA IS TO TURN THE KIDS LOOSE IN THE STRAWBERRY FIELDSING FIELDS AND THEY PICK THE BERRIES.

>> YES.

>> AFTER GETTING INSTRUCTION ON THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT.

>> YES.

>> THIS IS A HIGH POINT OF THE TOUR?

>> IT'S FUN.

>> LOOK AT THESE STRAWBERRIES.

ARE THEY ALWAYS THIS RED AND BEAUTIFUL?

>> SOMETIMES BIGGER AND SOMETIMES REDER.

>> REALLY.

>> THE MOTTO HERE IS THE REDER THE BETTER.

WE GET THEM AS BIG AS OUR HANDSMENT.

THE FURTHER YOU GO THE BIGGER THEY G. >> THIS A GOOD STRAWBERRY SEASON?

>> YES.

THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SUN AND RAIN.

>> THESE ARE GREAT.

THEY LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN WASHED.

LOORK HOW CLEAN AND RED THEY ARE.

>> THEY ALMOST LOOK FAKE, DON'T THEY.

>> YES.

>> IT'S IN THE FERTILIZER, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> EVERYONE, HOLDUP YOUR STRAWBERRIES.

HAS EVERYONE HAD A GOOD DAY ON THE FARM?

>> YES.

>> NOW, FOR THE INTERESTING SECRET PART OF THE STORY.

WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM OFF WITH ME HAVING A TACO EARLIER TODAY BEFORE WE CAME TO THE GARDENS, TO THE FARM.

NOW IT MAKES SENSE, DOESN'T IT.

>> SURE DOES.

>> THE TACO CONNECTION.

>> THIS IS MR. TACO BELL HERE.

GLENN BELL.

>> HOWDY, MR. BELL.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> THESE ARE YOUR GARDENS?

>> YES THEY ARE.

>> WHAT WAS THE IDEA BEHIND THE GARDENS?

>> WELL, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TRAINING GROUNDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT AGO WRITE AGRICULTURE.

>> YOU HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB ON THIS.

THE STORY, THIS STORY HAS MANY DIFFERENT CHAPTERS.

I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THERE IS A PERSON, AN ACTUAL MR. BELL CONNECTED WITH TACO BELL.

YOU THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT?

>> NO.

THEY'RE LEARNING REALLY FAST.

>> THEY SURE R. >> YOU STARTED TACO BELL BACK IN?

>> 1950.

TACO BELL 1962.

>> YOU STARTED THE IDEA OF SELLING TACOS.

I HAVE SEEN PICTURES.

THERE WAS A CHAIN CALLED TACO TIA.

>> YES.

WE OPENED THAT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BEFORE TACO BELL.

>> WHEN YOU CAME UP WITH THAT IDEA WAS THAT A WHOLE NEW IDEA OF FAST-FOOD MARKETING OF TACOS?

>> NO.

IT WAS CATCHING ON FAST.

>> NOW, THIS STARTED BACK IN?

>> EARLY 50s.

>> YOU ALL WERE CONNECTED?

>> YES.

IN SOME WAY.

I WORKED FOR HIM PART TIME.

AND THROUGH MR. BAKER HERE.

I WAS -- HE PUT ME IN BARSTOW IN 1954 WHEN I WAS IN THE SERVICE.

>> WE HAVEN'T INTRODUCED YOU YET.

THIS IS MR. TACO BELL AND YOU'RE MR. DEL TACO.

>> YES.

>> THERE'S A NAME BEHIND DEL TAX TACO.

>> HOW DID THAT?

>> WELL FIRST I WORKED FOR HIM AT DEL HAMBURGERS.

THEN WE STARTED TACO TIO.

HIS FIRST, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, NEIL, THE FIRST LOCATION HE OPENED UP SOLD LIKE 4,000 TACOS THE FIRST WEEK, FOUR TONS OF CHEESE AND TWO TONS OF BEANS.

>> THAT WAS BREAKING NEW GROUND?

>> YES.

TREMENDOUSLY.

WHEN YOU INTERVIEWED HIM HE MIGHT OF MENTIONED STARTING SMALL TACO STANDS AND HE SOLD THEM.

HE WAS LEARNING.

EVERY TIME HE MADE A MISTAKE HE DIDN'T CORRECT IT HE SOLD IT AND STARTED A NEW ONE.

HE STARTED ON WESTERN.

IS THAT RIGHT, MARTY?

>> YES.

>> I REMEMBER WHEN I VISITED HIM HE WAS EITHER BUILDING A NEW ONE OR SELLING IT.

THEN HE GOT GOING.

THEN HE ENDED UP WITH THE TACO BELL CHAINS.

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE PART OF HIS LIFE AND HE'S PART OF MINE.

>> THIS IS INTERESTING THAT DEL TACO AND TACO BELL ARE THIS CONNECTED.

>> YES.

>> YOU'RE REALLY THE TWO NAMES, THE TWO NAMES IN THAT BUSINESS.

>> FOR THE NATION.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THIS MR. BAKER HERE.

>> WELL, I, I COPIED GLENN'S IDEA OF THE TACOS AND I COPIED MAC DONALDS WITH THE BURGERS AND GOT THE FIRST TWIN KITCHEN.

GLENN STARTED IN THAT AND HE AND MARTY DREAMED UP THE IDEA OF WIENERSNITZEL.

>> THERE WAS WIENERSNITZEL AND BAKEER AND DEL TACO AND DEL TACO.

>> WE OWE ARE MONEY TO GLENN.

>> GLENN CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE TACO LIKE IT IS IN THE BASKETS.

>> I CALL IT THE GRINGO TACO WITH THE CRISPY SHELL.

WE SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE OF THE BASKET.

IT'S UNIQUE.

HE DESIGNED HOW TO DEEP FRY THEM.

WE WENT FROM FOUR TO SIX TO NINE.

WE WERE MAKING A THOUSAND A DAY OR SO FORTH.

>> THE THING THAT PUT THEM OUT IS THEY HAD AN ASSEMBLY LINE WITH SEVERAL SHELLS AND THEN THE DISPLAY TO KEEP THE SHELLS WARM.

THEY COULD TAKE THE CONTENTS AND PUT THEM IN THE TACOS AND PULL THEM OFF AND WRAP THEM QUICKLY.

>> IT WAS AN IDEA THAT WORKED.

I HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES FROM THE EARLY DAYS.

THE GRAND OPENINGS OF THE NEW TACO BELLS.

THEY WERE EVENTS IN THEMSELVES.

>> HE MADE IT THAT WAY.

>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> HE HAD A BIG OPENING AND GAVE AWAY HATS, THE SO MANY BRER >> FIVE THOUSAND STRAW HATS.

>> I BET YOU DIDN'T GIVE AWAY TOO MANY TACOS JUST THE HATS.

>> FIVE THOUSAND HATS IN BARSTOW WE GAVE AWAY.

WE MADE IT A REAL SHOW.

>> HE MADE, HE WAS A SHOW MAN FOR OPENING UP THE TACO BELLS.

HE FIGURED OUT THE PUBLICITY AND DREW IN THE CROWDS AND POPULARIZED IT.

>> WE COPIED OFF OF HIM.

BETWEEN HIM AND McDONALDS ALL THE FAST FOOD IN THE WORLD CAME OUT OF SAN BERNADINO.

>> IT'S INTERESTING IT STARTED IN SAN BERNADINO.

WE NEED TO, CAN HE WITH THEN FORGET THIS GUY HERE.

YOU HAVE BEEN HANGING OUT WITH HEAVY HITTERS.

>> YOU GOS STARTED STATERS MARKET.

>> THIS IS MR. STATER FROM STATER BROTHERS MARKETS.

THIS IS AMAZING.

I WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HAND.

I BOUGHT SO MUCH FOOD IN YOUR STORES.

>> THAT'S WHAT KEPT US GOING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT A WONDERFUL, THIS IS LIKE THE -- THIS IS THE WILD WEST KIND OF SEAT OF YOUR PANTS AUNT ENTREPRENEUR COMING UP WITH THE IDEAS.

>> ALL OUT OF SAN BERNADINO, COLTON AND YUECAIPA.

>> AND HE FLUE A TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE, HE WAS OUR PILOT.

>> HE STARTED IT ALL?

HE WAS SUCCESSFUL FIRST.

>> RIGHT.

>> THEN CAME -- >> GLENN.

>> THEN CAME --?

>> WE'RE ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

>> YES.

>> ALL AROUND THE EARLY 50s.

WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL STORY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY.

>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU I WILL SEE YOU AT YOUR STORE LATER TODAY.

>> OKAY.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU, MARTY.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> GLAD TO MEET YOU.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU AND CON GRAD CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS OF TACO BELL AND BELL GARDENS THAT YOU HAVE HERE.

THIS IS A MAGICAL PLACE AND A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR YOUNG AND OLD A LIKE TO COME AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IT'S LIKE ON A HONEST TO GOODNESS CALIFORNIA FARM.

>> THERE'S ONE THING TO MENTION HERE HOW MANY MILLIONAIRES HE MADE AND THE EARLY FRANCHISEES HE GOT INTO BUSINESS.

HOW MANY, GLENN?

>> ABOUT 50.

>> THAT'S IT A TRUE STORY.

HE LET THEM IN CHEAP TO BEGIN WITH.

THEY HAVE ALL DONE VERY WELL.

>> THAT'S ABOUT 150.

>> THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WATCHING TONIGHT WHO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> THEY PROBABLY OWN A COUPLE OF THE TV STATIONS.

WHO KNOWS.

IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY HERE AT BELL GARDENS.

WHAT I WONDERFUL PLACE.

THIS WHOLE STORY IS A TRUE CALIFORNIA SUCCESS STORY.

>> WELL, HERE WE ARE.

WE'RE BACK WHERE IT STARTED THIS MORNING.

WE'RE BACK AT HEESCONDIDO AT TACO BELL.

I CAN GIVE IT AWAY NOW.

EARLIER IN THE DAY WE DIDN'T LET ANYONE KNOW WHEN I WAS GETTING THE TACO.

WE WANTED TO BUILD THE SUSPENSE.

YOU FOLLOWED US FROM THE GARDENS TO CONTINUE THIS STORY JUST A LITTLE MORE.

NEIL YOU'RE HOLDING UP SOMETHING THAT'S VERY HISTORIC.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST BASKETS THAT GLENN HAD MADE TO FRY THE SHELLS TO MAKE THE FAST FOOD TACO.

>> THIS IS REALLY THE INVENTION THAT MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE, WASN'T IT?

>> YES.

TO MAKE THE TACOS SHAPE SO THEY COULD BE FILLED WITH THE MEAT AND LETTUCE AND TOMATO AND WHAT NOT AND DO IT FAST.

>> FRY IT UP LIKE THIS.

>> YES AND VERY CRISPY.

>> HOW RESPONSIBLE WAS HE FOR THIS WHOLE FAST FOOD TACO IF HE PHENOMENON THAT NOW WE REALLY TAKE FOR GRANITE IN THIS DOWN THE COUNTRY?

>> I'M NOT TOO SURE.

I HEARD A RUMOR FROM PEPSI HE'S GOING INTO THE HALL OF FAME FOR INVENTING THIS BASS CELLET AND MAKING THIS SHELL.

>> WHAT HALL OF FAME?

>> THE FOOD HALL MUCH FAME >> THE TACO HALL OF FAME >> THE FOOD HALL OF FAME.

>> BEFORE GLENN DID THIS AND MADE THIS BASKET AND MADE TACOS LIKE THIS, THERE WAS JUST REGULAR SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

HE WAS THE ONE WITH THIS GADGET AND THE TACO BAR RAIL AND THE LIGHTS, HE WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE THESE FOR THE FAST FOOD AND CARRY THEM OUT.

THAT WAS BEFORE DRIVE-THROUGHS AND RESTAURANTS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE SEATING IN THE REST WANTS.

IF IT WASN'T FOR GLENN BELL COMING UP WITH THIS MAYBE IT WOULDN'T OF EXPANDED AT ALL.

>> IT'S AMAZING TOO.

IT STARTED IN SAN BERNADINO.

ALL OF THIS STUFF.

>> SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

VERY, VERY RICH IN EVERYTHING.

>> McDONALDS AND TACO BELL AND GLENN WITH THE WIENERSNITZEL AND DEL TACO SPRINGING OFF FROM ED.

THE FAST FOOD OF THOSE THREE, THE HOT DOG AND THIS, IT'S STARTED WITH GLENN BELL.

HE STARTED IT.

HE MADE IT FAMOUS.

>> I GUARANTEE YOU I LITERALLY, UNTIL WE DID RESEARCH ON THIS STORY, HAD NO IDEA THAT WHEN YOU SAY TACO BELL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GLENN BELL.

>> GLENN W. BELL.

THE THING I ADMIRE SO MUCH, I HAVE KNOWN HIM SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE'S NOT ONE BIT DIFFERENT IN ALL THE MONEY HE HAS MADE AND THE FAME AS HE WAS THEN.

HE'S HUMBLE.

HE GIVES MOST OF THE CREDIT TO THE PEOPLE SURROUNDED BY HIM.

HE'S JUST ONE WONDERFUL PERSON.

>> WHAT A WONDERFUL, THIS IS LIKE THE, THE THIS WAS KIND OF THE WILD WEST KIND OF SEAT OF YOUR PANTS ENTREPRENEUR, COMING UP WITH THE IDEAS.

>> ALL OUT OF SAN BERNADINO DEE OWE, COLTON AND YUECAIPA AREA.

"CAPTIONING EQUIPMENT DONATED BY LLOYD RIGLER AND PERFORMED BY RAPIDTEXT" VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RAL