The First Hundred Years: Arcata Volunteer Fire Dept., 1884-1984
(Arcata Volunteer Fire Deptartment), 1984. Trade Paperback. 194 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
Humboldt County
Diaries of Joseph Prince Tracy: Eureka, California 1893-1898
1990. Trade Paperback.
A Bell Rang in Uniontown: The First Hundred Years of Arcata and Its Methodist Church, 1850-1950
Donning, October 1994. Hardcover.
The State of Jefferson
Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Trade Paperback. The State of Jefferson was born in the hearts of pioneers who crossed craggy peaks and treacherous canyons to settle near the Oregon and California border. Isolated and feeling neglected by both state governments, they tried to create a new state as early as 1852.....
The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
HarperSanFrancisco, April 2001. Trade Paperback. Hill spent 738 days in an ancient redwood to stop the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down. Her tree-top protest garnered national attention and brought awareness to the raging timber wars that pitted Wall Street against the environment, and loggers against activists. There is.....
A nature notes sampler: [commentaries on the environment of southern Oregon and northern California]
Jefferson Public Radio, January 2000. Trade Paperback.
Van Duzen Voice
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, December 2013. Trade Paperback.
History of Humboldt County Schools, Volume I: Arcata Area
Humboldt County Office of Education, 1987. Trade Paperback. 62 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Volume I in a series. Velo bound. Paper wrappers. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Humboldt State University (Campus History)
Arcadia Publishing, 2010. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Perched high atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the northernmost campus of the California State University system is celebrating its centennial. The natural environment of forests and oceans provide the perfect setting for hands-on research in forestry, oceanography, wildlife, natural resources.....
Nettie Ruben
Clarke Historical Museum, 2014. Trade Paperback. 115 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Exhibition catalog of the Native American Karuk Tribe master basket maker that ran at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka, CA from July 5, 2014 to January 3, 2015. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of baskets and black-and-white.....
Richard Johnston Narrative
Ferndale Museum, January 2015. Trade Paperback. Unpaginated. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Transcription of a manuscript written in 1882 by an early settler to the Ferndale area of Humboldt County, California. Illustrated with black-and-white maps.
Logging Railroads of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties
Arcadia Publishing, 2013. Trade Paperback. 127 pages. Images of Rail series. Forty different railroads operated in Northwestern California, mostly hauling logs and other timber products from the mills and forests to the various ports on the coast. Until the Northwestern Pacific opened, in 1914, none of the railroads connected the.....
Humboldt County Courthouse Dedication April 23-24, 1960
Humboldt County Board of Trade, 1969. Pamphlet. 10 pages. B/W illustrations.
Carson Mansion & Ingomar Theatre: Cultural Adventures in California
Valley Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. 165 pages. A history of two opulent Victorian buildings constructed for William Carson, a timber baron, in Eureka, California. Trade edition bound in maroon cloth.
The Seven Seas at Seventy and Seven
Byral Hays Day, n.d. Hardcover.
Souvenir of Humboldt County: Being a Frank, Fair, and Accurate Exposition, Pictorially and Otherwise, of the Resources, Industries and Possibilities of this Magnificent Section of California
Times Publishing Company, 1902. Trade Paperback. 192 pages. Oblong, 11-1/2 by 8 inches. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photograph reproductions.
History of Humboldt County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, Etc., from Original Drawings, Including Biographical Sketches
Wallace W. Elliott & Co., January 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 218 pages plus nearly 100 pages of lithograph illustrations. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in new black cloth binding with original front cover title and ruling glued on. New end papers. Map of Califronia and of Humboldt.....
Carson Mansion & Ingomar Theatre: Cultural Adventures in California
Valley Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. 165 pages. A history of two opulent Victorian buildings constructed for William Carson, a timber baron, in Eureka, California. Trade edition bound in maroon cloth.
Fishing Map and Guide to Humboldt County
Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce. Ephemera.
The Thousand Year Flood: Six Rivers on a Rampage! Souvenir Flood Edition. The Flood of December 1964
Eureka Newspapers Inc., 1965. Ephemera. A three-section special issue newspaper filled with photos and stories about the 1964 flood that devastated much of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties during Christmas that year.
The First Hundred Years: Arcata Volunteer Fire Dept., 1884-1984
(Arcata Volunteer Fire Deptartment), 1984. Trade Paperback. 194 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.
STATE OF JEFFERSON (Then & Now (Arcadia))
Arcadia Publishing, August 2007. Trade Paperback. As early as 1852, the hardy settlers of the self -proclaimed State of Jefferson began to rally against the California and Oregon governments. The autonomous and determined spirit of border-county residents perseveres today, and nowhere is this better evidenced than in the character of.....
Fortuna Fire Department Letterhead
City of Fortuna, [ca. 1920s]. Ephemera. Standard sheet of letterhead, printed in red, for the Fortuna Fire Department, listing the members of the Hook and Ladder Co., the Chemical Company, and the Hose Company on the left side. Dated based on the mayor F. A. McKee who served in the.....