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 County
History of Humboldt County Schools. Volume II. Eureka Area.
Humboldt County Office of Education, 1989. Trade Paperback. 64 pages. 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Volume II of a series. Velo bound. Minor edge wear else a fine copy.
Traveling the Trinity Highway
MountainHome Books, 2003. Trade Paperback. 246 pages. Oblong, illustrated. Provides detailed information including road and area history, natural history, sights, short hikes, and walking tours of several of the historic towns along the National Scenic Byway of Highway 299 between Redding and Arcata, California. The road lies in Humboldt, Trinity.....
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.....
Humboldt Homegrown
Egret Publishing Company, 1985. Hardcover. 604 pages. A fictional memoir of the 1970s Northern California marijuana culture, with non-fictional excerpts of newspapers and court proceedings, including one trial which introduced the 'species defense' -- arguing that only Cannabis sativa is illegal in the US, not Cannabis indica. The year after.....
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.
Backwoods Chronicles: A History of Southern Humboldt 1850-1920
(privately published), 2006. Trade Paperback. 108 pages plus index. A history of the discovery, early settlement, and development of the logging industry in Southern Humboldt County, California. A revised edition of the original published in 1985. Revised to include acknowledgement of displaced Native communities.
Backwoods Chronicles: A History of Southern Humboldt 1850-1920
(privately published), 2006. Trade Paperback. 108 pages plus index. A history of the discovery, early settlement, and development of the logging industry in Southern Humboldt County, California. A revised edition of the original published in 1985. Revised to include acknowledgement of displaced Native communities.
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.....
Pacific Coast Highway in California (Images of America)
Arcadia Publishing, April 2018. Trade Paperback. More commonly known as Pacific Coast Highway, State Route 1 ribbons along or near the Pacific Ocean from Northern California at Leggett in Mendocino down to Southern California at San Juan Capistrano in Orange County. Its construction began in 1913 and wa.
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Arcadia Publishing, 2012. Trade Paperback. 127 pages. Images of America series. A photographically illustrated history of the 53,000 acre state park along the Eel River in central Humboldt County, California. The park grew out of an initial land purchase made by the Save-the-Redwoods League. The book also includes short histories.....
Ferndale The Village 1875-1893
Denis P. Edeline, 1987. Trade Paperback.
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.....
Song of Six Rivers [Limited Edition]
Hardcover.
Humboldt Wild
(Pratt Mountain Press), January 2008. Trade Paperback. A photographic portrait of Humboldt County, California. Many of the images are aerial shots, taken by the author, a private pilot.
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.
In the Heart of the Redwoods: Points of Interest in Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County Board of Trade, 1964. Ephemera.
Fishing Map and Guide to Humboldt County
Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce. Ephemera.
4 Pin-up Blotters for Ballinger Blinds in Eureka
Ballinger Modernistic Venetian Blinds, 1950s. 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.