In the 1920’s, the Terzian family relocated from Worster, Massachusetts, to Fresno, California, to take advantage of the economic opportunity agriculture in the area offered. Survivors of the Armenian Genocide and recent immigrants to the United States, the family sought solace in their evangelical Christian faith and in Yosemite National Park. Following in the footsteps of John Muir, the Terzians crafted an American identity anchored in their faith and national park visitation. Through three subsequent generations this combination of faith and sublime nature, as with many American families, has become the family’s signature identity.