Redwood Railways: A History of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and Predecessor Lines
Howell-North Books, 1956. Hardcover.
Humboldt County
A View from the Hill : A History of Humboldt State University
University Graphic Services, 1993. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 182 pages. Oblong format, 10 x 9 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in illustrated purple wrappers (paperback). Slight edge wear.
Lure of Humboldt Bay Region: Early Explorations, Discoveries, and Foundations Establishing the Humboldt Bay Region
Wm. C. Brown Book Company, 1966. Trade Paperback. 206 pages. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Serving the People...As Well as the Trees
National Forest Products Association, n.d., ca. 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 12 pages. An address by Clausen before the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the International Hoo Hoo Club, February 15, 1967. Clausen represented coastal northern California in Congress from 1963-1983. In this talk he argues for the timber industry supported.....
Redwoods - How much is enough? Congressional Record, Vol. 123, No. 107
1977. Trade Paperback. One sheet, printed on both sides, 14 x 8.5 inches. This entry into the Congressional Record is a from Clausen's address to the Commonwealth Club, arguing against the expansion of Redwood National Park as unnecessary for protection of the Tall Trees Grove and job destroying. Clausen represented.....
Redwoods to the Sea. Congressional Record, Vol. 113, No. 19.
1967. Pamphlet. One sheet, folded to create 6 pages. Clausen supports the creation of Redwood National Park but supports the redwoods-to-the sea concept, an idea supported by the timber industry leaders in Humboldt County. Clausen represented the north coast of California in Congress from 1963-1983. A near fine printed copy.....
A Livable Redwood National Park and Seashore Plan. Congressional Record, Vol. 112, No. 175, pp 25240-25243
1966. Trade Paperback. 4 pages. Clausen's arguments for supporting the establishment of Redwood National Park but opposing the more ambitious plans of the Sierra Club and The Save-the-Redwoods League. Clausen represented the north coast of California in Congress from 1963-1983. A near fine printed copy.
Redwoods-to-the-Sea: A Comprehensive Regional Conservation Plan (map)
The Redwoods-to-the-Sea Citizens' Committee, n.d. 1967. First Edition. Poster. Single sheet, 38 x 22.25 inches, printed in color: side 1. National Redwood Park & Seashore, the northern unit of Redwoods-to-the Sea; side 2: coastline map San Francisco to Oregon border, Redwoods-to-the-Sea: A Comprehensive Regional Conservation Plan. These maps illustrate the.....
The Redwood Park and Recreation Plan
The Redwood Park and Recreation Committee, 1967. First Edition. Pamphlet. 24 pages. This proposal was put forward by the local timber industry leaders to counter the proposals from the Sierra Club and The Save-the-Redwoods League who were proposing a larger Redwood National Park. Photographic illustrations, maps, and figures. 11 x......
Redwoods-to-the-Sea: Regional Planning for a National Family Playground
The Redwoods-to-the Sea Citizens' Committee, 1967. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 30 pages. This plan was put forward by the timber industry and its supporters in oppostion to the plans of the Sierra Club and Save-the-Redwood League for Redwood National Park. Robert Barnum owned large tracts of timber lands in.....
The Distinctive Qualities of Redwoods
Estuary Press, 2002. Trade Paperback. 48 pages. Illustrated. Later printing. A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
Eureka Volunteer Fire Department: 100 Years of Service, 1864-1964
Eureka Volunteer Fire Department, 1964. Pamphlet. 28 page Pamphlet. 8-1/2 by 11 inches.
In the Redwood's Realm: By-ways of Wild Nature and Highways of Industry As Found Under Forest Shades and Amidst Clover Blossoms in Humboldt County, California
D.S. Stanley & Co, 1893. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 112 pages, including more than 200 half-tone reproductions of photographs. The most elaborate of the 19th century booster publications on Humboldt County, California, extolling the region's extensive natural resources with an eye toward attracting investment. As with most such publications of.....
Traditional Ways
United Indian Health Services, 1991. Trade Paperback.
Pioneering in Six Rivers National Forest: A True Tale
(Artcraft Printers), 1980. Trade Paperback. 167 pages. Tales of domestic life in the Trinity Alps, the rugged mountains that divide the coast from the Central Valley in far northern California.
Rio Dell (Wildwood) (as I saw it in the early twenties)
The Author, 1979. Trade Paperback. 110 pages printed rectos (one side) only. Illustrated from photographs. Recollections of life in Rio Dell, the small city adjoining the company mill town, Scotia, in central Humboldt County, California.
Humboldt County California Wants Your Factory. (Cover Title: Industrial Edition / The Humboldt Times)
Times Publishing Company, 1912. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated, 48 pages. Promotional brochure extolling the redwoods and the opportunities of Humboldt County. Dairying, shipbuilding, fishing, bulb and flower nurseries, wool production, banking, transportation, highways, and buildings are discussed. Numerous black-and-white illustrations. 12.5 x 9.5 inches.
Fine California Views: The Photographs of A. W. Ericson
Interface California Corporation, 1975. Hardcover. 111 pages. The first monograph on the great photographer of the redwoods, Augustus William Ericson, who took many iconic images in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
In the Redwood's Realm: By-ways of Wild Nature and Highways of Industry As Found Under Forest Shades and Amidst Clover Blossoms in Humboldt County, California
D.S. Stanley & Co, 1893. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 112 pages, including more than 200 half-tone reproductions of photographs. The most elaborate of the 19th century booster publications on Humboldt County, California, extolling the region's extensive natural resources with an eye toward attracting investment. As with most such publications of.....
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. 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.
Carson Mansion & Ingomar Theatre: Cultural Adventures in California
Valley Publishers, 1979. Trade Paperback. 165 pages.
The Humboldt Bay Region: A Study in the American Colonization of California.
The California State Historical Association, 1929. Hardcover. 346 pages. One of the key works on Humboldt County history.
Old Towns of Humboldt County
(n.p.), (n.d. but circa 1983). Trade Paperback. 65 pages. Brief histories of many small and some defunct towns in Humboldt County, in far northwestern California.
Life in the Peace Zone: An American Company Town
Macmillan Company, 1971. Hardcover.
Organize! The Great Lumber Strike of Humboldt County 1935
Lychgate Press, April 2019. Trade Paperback. Imaging signing a 'loyalty oath' to a company that paid you 35ยข/hour for 10-hour days, 6 days per week. As timber workers organized for better pay, city workers escorted strikebreakers and threatened to call the National Guard. A showdown occured where the Bayshore mall.....