Humboldt Bay Shoreline, North Eureka to South Arcata: A History of Cultural Influences
Humboldt State University Press, February 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy.
Humboldt County
Dear Mad'm (Women of the West)
Naturegraph Publishers, October 1982. Trade Paperback. Dear Mad'm is the autobiographical story of Stella Walthall Patterson of her experience living alone, after age 80, with her dog Vicki on her mining claim on the Klamath River in the Siskiyou Mountains, near Happy Camp, California. She had until then lived a......
The Sea Captain's Odyssey: A Biography of Captain H. H. Buhne
Georgie Press, 2011. Trade Paperback. 424 pages. A thorough survey of everything known about this Humboldt County pioneer, who was the first to pilot a boat of white settlers into what would soon be named Humboldt Bay. Buhne (pronounced “Booner”) stayed in the area, becoming a successful tug captain and.....
Voces de la Raza. Volume One, Number 1, May 5, 1993. Arcata, CalifAztlan
Voces de la Raza, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Tabloid, 11.4 x 16 inches, with cover illustration of Cesar Chavez. 7 pages. In English and Spanish. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy. Scarce.
With Nature's Children: Emma B. Freeman, 1880-1928: Camera and Brush
(Interface California Corporation), 1976. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, but ca. 150 pages. A survey of Emma Freeman's photographs of Native Americans, with a catalog of then-known prints. Freeman, one of a small number of professional women photographers in the early 20th century, was best-known for her idealized portraits of Hupa and.....
Night Crossings
Moonstone Pub, 2011. Trade Paperback. 129 pages. Five accounts of near-disaster near the entrance to Humboldt Bay, which remains a treacherous journey over a shifting bar. Based on interviews and written narratives. A new copy.
The Photographers of the Humboldt Bay Region: A. W. Ericson. Volume 7
Peter Palmquist. Printed by Eureka Printing Company, 1989. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 160 pages. B/W photographic illustrations. Ericson was the most famous Humboldt County, California, commercial photographer of the 19th century. Limited to 500 copies. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
The Quest for Qual-a-Wa-Loo (Humboldt Bay)--a Collection of Diaries and Historical Notes Pertaining to the Early Discoveries of the Area Now Known As Humboldt County, California
(the authors), 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. 190 pages. 'Adventures of the rugged pioneers who fought their way against hostile Indians, through forbidding forests, over high mountains, to the Discovery of Humboldt Bay, California 1850 from the land side' -- from the jacket cover. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy.....
75th Anniversary Fernbridge, 1911-1986
1986. Trade Paperback. 62 pages. Illustrations in B/W. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated white wrappers (paperback).
Both Sides of the Bluff: History of Humboldt County Places. Volume 1
MountainHome Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. 400 pages. Extensively illustrated. Both Sides of the Bluff is a place-based history of the lower Eel and Van Duzen rivers, Table Bluff, and south Humboldt Bay (central Humboldt County, California). In addition to an opening chapter on the area's Indian tribes, 31 separate places are.....
Arcata (CA) (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, November 2004. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Arcata, a bright jewel surrounded by the redwood forested hills of northern Humboldt Bay, was once the territory of the Wiyot Indians. The tribe only barely survived massacres and relocation after a town was founded there in 1850, a supply point.....
US Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, April 2019. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Pioneer US Forest Service rangers and their ranger stations are classic symbols of the American West. Rangers managed the public forests and ranges with the cattlemen, sheepmen, lumbermen, miners, homesteaders, and others who used--and, in many cases, sti.
Humboldt, California
J. B. Lippincott, 1853. First Edition. Print. George Gibbs traveled to northwestern California in 1851 on an expedition to negotiate treaties with Indian tribes along the rapidly developing Pacific Coast. He arrived in Humboldt County on September 9 and stayed several weeks. He sketched two canoes on Humboldt Bay, with.....
Humboldt, California
J. B. Lippincott, 1853. First Edition. Print. George Gibbs traveled to northwestern California in 1851 on an expedition to negotiate treaties with Indian tribes along the rapidly developing Pacific Coast. He arrived in Humboldt County on September 9 and stayed several weeks. He sketched two canoes on Humboldt Bay, with.....
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Where the Ferns Grew Tall: An Early History of Ferndale [California]
Ferndale Union High School, 1977. Trade Paperback. 322 pages. A history of the Humboldt County, California, farming and ranching community, written by high school juniors to celebrate America's bicentennial. Recently reprinted. A new copy.
Shaw's Record Book of the Farm
Ferndale Museum, January 2010. Trade Paperback. Facsimile of original record book with transcription on facing pages. Includes chronologies for William Shaw and Seth Louis Shaw – brothers who cleared and developed farmland along Francis Creek in Fortuna, California, starting in 1852. A new copy.
McBride Brats & Other Happenings
Ferndale Museum, 1995. Trade Paperback. Reproductions of handwritten writings by the daughter of one of Humboldt County's pioneering settlers. An autobiographical account of raising her three sons in Humboldt County, California, from 1932 to 1979. Includes “Grandmother’s Star-patterned Quilt,” a poem by the author’s God Mother, Georgia Russ Williams. Updated.....
Along the Banks of Salt River
Ferndale Museum, January 2013. Trade Paperback. 167 pages. A History of the Salt River region of Humboldt County, California. The Salt River is a 9 mile hanging channel of the Eel River that starts near Fortuna, California and releases to the Pacific Ocean estuary. It was used as a shipping.....
At the Banks of the Eel: An Early History of Grizzly Bluff, Waddington, Price Creek and Howe Creek [Second edition]
(n.p), 1978. Trade Paperback. 170 pages. A History of the Eel River region of Humboldt County, California. Illustrated in black-and-white. A new copy.
The Carson Mansion/Ingomar Club
Ingomar Club, 2007. Trade Paperback. 22 pages. This is the only publication with color images from inside Eureka's most magnificent Victorian mansion. Built by Humboldt County's first lumber baron, it is now home to a private club. No public tours are available, so this is your best chance for a......
On This Day in Arcata (On This Day: California)
Arcadia Publishing, August 2008. Trade Paperback. Founded in 1858 as the town of Union, the city of Arcata is the cultural capital of Humboldt County. Historically known for its logging, fishing and dairy traditions, modern-day Arcata has evolved into a place where the artistic, the politically and environmentally active and.....
Lighthouses of Humboldt County (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, October 2021. Trade Paperback. A new copy. The impenetrable coast of Humboldt County has been a historic navigational conundrum for sea captains since the 16th century. The Humboldt bar crossing, the lack of safe harbors, the storms, the unpredictable seas, and the rocky shores caused tragic shipwrecks, drownings.....
Eureka (Then and Now)
Arcadia Publishing, February 2013. Trade Paperback. A new copy.
Both Sides of the Bluff: History of Humboldt County Places. Volume 1
MountainHome Publishing, 2014. Hardcover. 400 pages. Extensively illustrated. Both Sides of the Bluff is a place-based history of the lower Eel and Van Duzen rivers, Table Bluff, and south Humboldt Bay (central Humboldt County, California). In addition to an opening chapter on the area's Indian tribes, 31 separate places are.....
California's Whaling Coast
Arcadia Publishing, July 2014. Trade Paperback. 127 pages. IImages of America series. A new copy. Yankee whaling, shore whaling, and modern whaling were sometimes occurring simultaneously. Each type of whaling went through periods of discovery, stability, and then a gradual decrease as the products lost their markets or the number.....