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A ALASKA GOLD RUSH ALDERPOINT ALLIANCE CORNER ALTON ARCATA -- 1849-1949 1950 to PRESENT MARSH AND FOREST PLAZA ARCHAEOLOGY & GEOLOGY ART (see shelved binders) for: Local Artists: A-Z Local Artists: Group Shows Local Artists: Photographers Local Public Art: Murals & Sculptures ARTS -- COMMUNITY ASSET DIRECTORIES & SCHEDULES ORGANIZATIONS VENUES AUTHORS AVIATION -- 1900 - 1940s 1950 - present	B BALD HILLS BALD MOUNTAIN BAYSIDE BEACHES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY BEAR RIVER BENBOW BIG LAGOON BIRDS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY BLOCKSBURG BLUE LAKE -- THE LAKE BLUE LAKE NEW ADVOCATE-- NEWSPAPER 1996 Books, Local History BRICELAND BRIDGES -- COVERED, IN HUM. CNTY. EUREKA NORTH OF EUREKA SOUTH OF EUREKA FERNBRIDGE VAN DUZEN RIVER BRIDGEVILLE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER (See Binder in Genealogy Room) BROWN'S CAMP BUCKSPORT BUHNE POINT BUILDINGS -- PUBLIC EUREKA -"New" CTHOUSE BULL CREEK
C CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION "CALIFORNIA COUNTY BOUNDARIES" (By Owen Coy) CALIFORNIA SETTLEMENT CALIFORNIA'S GOLD CAPE MENDOCINO CARLOTTA CEMETERIES -- EUREKA MULTIPLE/VARIOUS NORTH OF EUREKA OUT OF COUNTY SOUTH OF EUREKA FORTUNA ROHNERVILLE CENTERVILLE BEACH CHRISTMAS PRAIRIE CHURCHES -- BAPTIST CATHOLIC CONGREGATIONAL EPISCOPALIAN LATTER-DAY SAINTS LUTHERAN METHODIST MULTIPLE/VARIOUS PRESBYTERIAN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS CLEVELAND COASTLINE COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS COMMERCE -- AUTO DEALERS AUTO SUPPLY BANKS BOOK STORES CREAMERIES DEPARTMENT STORES DALY BROS. DISTRIBUTORS DRUG STORES GAMBLING GARAGES/GAS STATIONS GROCERY STORES LIVERY STABLES/BLACKSMITHS MULTIPLE/VARIOUS-Eureka MULTIPLE/VARIOUS-Hum. Co. PACKING TRADE PUBLIC LODGINGS - EUREKA Eureka Inn Hotel Vance PUBLIC LODGINGS - HUM. CO. Benbow Inn REAL ESTATE RESTAURANTS - EUREKA RESTAURANTS - HUM CO. SALOONS SERVICE THEATER- CINEMA THEATER- STAGE (2 FOLDERS) DELL'ARTE UNDERTAKERS COMMUNICATION -- PONY EXPRESS RADIO TELEGRAPH/PHONE TELEVISION COMPUTER SITES - LOCAL CRANNELL (aka Bullwinkle) CRIME -- SUND MURDERS Carmen Wagner MURDER VARIOUS CUTTEN	D TOP DAMS - RUTH DAM -- CAMPAIGN CONSTRUCTION EFFECTS DANCE DECADES -- 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s TURN OF THE 20TH C. 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s DEL NORTE COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS -- 1850-1950 1951-1970 1971-PRESENT DISCOVERY -- GREGG-WOOD PARTY and LAURA VIRGINIA PRE-1849 EXPLORERS HUMBOLDT BAY (2 folders) REZANOV WINSHIP, CAPT. DOWS PRAIRIE DYERVILLE
E EARTHQUAKES -- GENERAL PRE 1960 SINCE 1960 EEL RIVER VALLEY ELDER CARE ELINOR ELK RIVER ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS -- TOXINS ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT -- ACTIVISTS' STORIES PROTESTS EROSION CONTROL ETHNIC GROUPS (in Humboldt County) - AFRICAN-AMERICANS CHINESE (FOLDER 1 & FOLDER 2) -- CHARLIE MOON OUTSIDE HUM. CO. FRENCH HMONG INDIANS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY INDIAN ARTIFACTS INDIAN BASKETRY INDIAN LIFE -- HUPA KARUK VARIOUS GPS. WIYOT YUROK INDIAN WARS ITALIANS MEXICANS MULTIPLE/VARIOUS NATIVES OF NOVA SCOTIA and NEW BRUNSWICK PORTUGUESE SCANDINAVIANS ETTERSBURG EUREKA -- BAYSHORE MALL CITY GOVERNMENT DOWNTOWN EUREKA MALL HENDERSON CENTER HISTORY OLD TOWN PROMOTIONS STREETS & ADDITIONS WATERFRONT EVENTS -- ANNUAL DIXIELAND JAZZ FESTIVAL KINETIC SCULPTURE RACE RHODY FESTIVAL EVENTS -- COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS -- SPECIAL	F TOP FAIRHAVEN FAIRS -- AGRICULTURAL CRAFT EXPOSITIONS FALK FARM ADVISOR/ FARM BUREAU FERNBRIDGE (the Community) FERNDALE -- 1852 - 1969 1970 TO PRESENT CENTENNIAL SESQUICENTENNIAL FIELDBROOK FIELDS LANDING FIRE DEPARTMENTS -- ARCATA EUREKA MULTIPLE/ VARIOUS FIRES -- RURAL STRUCTURES FISHING -- COMMERCIAL CRABS MULTIPLE/VARIOUS OYSTERS FISHING - SPORT FLOODS -- 1937 1955 1964 MULTIPLE/ VARIOUS FORTS -- CAMP CURTIS CAMP GATSON HUMBOLDT -- HISTORY RESTORATION MULTIPLE/ VARIOUS SEWARD TER-WAW FORT SEWARD (town) FORTUNA -- PRE 1950 1950 TO PRESENT FRESHWATER FRUITLAND
G GAMES GARBERVILLE GENEALOGY GLENDALE-ESSEX-WARREN CREEK GOLD BLUFFS GOLD RUSH GOVERNMENT -- HUMBOLDTCOUNTY COUNTY SEAT ELECTIONS/ELECTED OFFICIALS FINANCIAL GRAND JURY JUDICIAL LEGAL TAX ASSESSMENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS -- PRE - 1930s 1930s - 1940s 1950s - 1960s 1970s - PRESENT GOVERNORS OF CALIFORNIA	H TOP HARRIS HAUNTED HOUSES HEADWATERS HISTORIC BLDGS. -- COMMERCIAL ARCATA BLUE LAKE EUREKA THEATERS FERNDALE HISTORIC BLDGS - HALLS HISTORIC BLDGS - HOMES - ARCATA HISTORIC BLDGS - HOMES - EUREKA -- INDIV. STRUCTURES -- 1406 C ST 904 G ST. 1604 G ST. 730 H ST. 1407 JOHN HILL RD CALTRANS HOMES CARSON HOMES CARSON MANSION VARIOUS HISTORIC BLDGS -- EUREKA -- MULTIPLE STRUCTURES HISTORIC BLDGS -- HOMES -- FERNDALE FORTUNA HUM. CO. HISTORIC BLDGS. -- LANDSCAPE HISTORIC BLDGS -- MULTIPLE -- BLUE LAKE HISTORIC BLDGS -- PUBLIC -- EUREKA CARNEGIE BLDG FEDERAL CTHOUSE OLD COURTHOUSE HUMBOLDT CO. HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS -- 4TH OF JULY CHRISTMAS VARIOUS HOLMES/LARABEE HOOKTON HOOPA HORSE MOUNTAIN HOSPITALS/CLINICS -- EUREKA HUMBOLDT CO. HOUSING HUMBOLDT BAY -- NAMING OF HUMBOLDT CO. HISTORY HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY -- FACILITIES FOUNDING & HISTORY HISTORY DAY MULTIPLE SPORTS STUDENTS TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS HUNTING HYDESVILLE
I, J, K IAQUA INDIAN ISLAND INDIANOLA (SEE BAYSIDE) INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION INDUSTRY -- AGRICULTURE BARREL-MAKING BREWERIES/BOTTLE WORKS COMPUTER CONSTRUCTION DAIRYING ELECTRICITY FOOD HISTORY OF, BY EARL ROBERTS HORTICULTURE JEWELRY-MAKING MANUFACTURING -- CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON MARIJUANA CULTIVATION MINES & MINERALS MOVIE-MAKING -- VALLEY OF THE GIANTS MULTIPLE/VARIOUS -- EUREKA MULTIPLE/VARIOUS -- HUMB CO. -- OIL POULTRY-RAISING QUARRIES RANCHING -- SERVICES STORY OF, BY EARL ROBERTS TEXTILES WOOD PRODUCTS JACOBY CREEK JEFFERSON, STATE OF KING RANGE KING SALMON KLAMATH COUNTY KLAMATH GLEN KLAMATH (TOWN OF) KNEELAND KORBEL	L TOP LABOR & POLITICAL MOVEMENTS -- 1935 STRIKE MULTIPLE/VARIOUS LAMPHERE-CHRISTENSEN DUNES PRESERVE LAND USE LANDMARKS LARABEE (SEE HOLMES/LARABEE) LAW ENFORCEMENT (2 FOLDERS) LIBRARIES -- PUBLIC -- FUNDING & FRIENDS HISTORY BEFORE 1975 HISTORY 1975-PRESENT PROGRAMS LITERARY EFFORTS (2 FOLDERS) LOEFFELHOLZ LETTERS LOGGING/LUMBERING -- 19TH C. 20TH C. (2 FOLDERS) CAMP LIFE LANGUAGE MACHINERY PERSONALITIES PRACTICES PRODUCTS PULP MILL -- CROWN-SIMPSON RAILROAD LANGUAGE RAILROADS REFORESTATION SHINGLE MILLS SHIPPING LOLETA LUFFENHOLTZ BEACH & SETTLEMENT LUMBER COMPANIES -- AMERICAN LBR. CO. BRACUT LBR. CO. DOLBEER & CARSON E.J.DODGE, NEWBURG EEL RIVER SAWMILLS ELK RIVER MILL & LBR. CO. GEORGIA-PACIFIC HAMMOND LBR.CO. HOLMES-EUREKA LOUISIANA-PACIFIC MULTIPLE/VARIOUS PACIFIC LBR. CO. SIMPSON VANCE REDWOOD CO. LUMBER TOWNS
M MAD RIVER MANILA MAPLE CREEK MARBLE MOUNTAINS MARITIME -- HARBORS & JETTIES HUMBOLDT BAY FERRIES THE MADAKET TUGBOATS LIFE-SAVING STATIONS LIGHTHOUSES -- HUM.CO. COAST NO CALIF. St.Geo. Reef LIGHTSHIPS RECREATION SAILORS SHIPBUILDERS, BENDIXSEN SHIPBUILDING SHIPPING -- 19th C. 20th C. HUMAN TRAVEL SHIPS -- 19th C. 20th C. CAPTAINS SHIPWRECKS -- 19th C. -- BRO. JONATHAN MULTIPLE/VARIOUS (THE) NORTHERNER SHIPWRECKS -- 20th C. -- EMIDIO MILWAUKEE & H-3 MULTIPLE/VARIOUS S.S. ALASKA SUBMARINES MARTIN'S FERRY MATTOLE VALLEY McKINLEYVILLE MEDICINE MENDOCINO COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES METROPOLITAN MILITARY -- VETERAN'S BIOGRAPHIES MILITARY UNITS IN HUM.CO. -- Eureka Guards MILLTOWN MOONSTONE MUSEUMS in HUMBOLDT CO. -- CLARKE HISTORICAL MARITIME PROPOSED (WORLD WILDLIFE) TRINIDAD MUSEUM SOC. MUSIC MUSICIANS -- BIOGRAPHIES MYERS FLAT MYRTLETOWN	N, O, P, R TOP NATIONAL REGISTER NEWSPAPER HISTORY -- EUREKA -- HUM MAIL 11/22/1890 HUM. STANDARD HUM. TIMES -- APRIL 1, 1934 MULTIPLE TIMES STANDARD NEWSPAPER HISTORY -- HUMBOLDT CO. OREGON, SOUTHERN ORICK ORLEANS PARADES -- ANNUAL OCCASIONAL PARKS -- CITY & COUNTY -- SEQUOIA PARK PARKS -- FEDERAL -- REDWOOD NAT'L PARK PARKS -- STATE -- DRY LAGOON HUM.REDWOODS MULTIPLE/VARIOUS PATRICKS POINT PRAIRIE CREEK PEPPERWOOD PETROLIA PHILLIPSVILLE PHOTOGRAPHERS of HUM. CNTY. -- (Peter Palmquist list 1850-1925) PHOTOGRAPHS -- HISTORIC PHYSICIANS PIERCY PLACE NAMES -- HUMBOLDT CO. POLITICAL PARTIES -- 19th C. 20th C. POLITICAL PROTEST PORT KENYON POST OFFICES (See U.S. Post Offices) POWER PLANTS -- DONBASS III PRESERVATION -- HISTORIC PROFESSIONS PROHIBITION PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS RAILROADS -- ARCATA & MAD RIVER RR BUCKSPORT, ELK RIVER RR CO. DEL NORTE CO. EEL R. & EUREKA RR EXCURSION LOGGING - MULTIPLE/VARIOUS MODELS MULTIPLE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC PRESERVATION RECORDS -- HUMBOLDT CO. RECREATION -- INDIAN MARATHON REDCREST REDWAY REDWOOD TREES RIO DELL RIVERS & STREAMS -- EEL RIVER KLAMATH/MAD MULTIPLE/VARIOUS REDWOOD CREEK TRINITY VAN DUZEN ROHNERVILLE
s SAMOA SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL HISTORIES -- ARCATA EUREKA HUM CO - PRIVATE -- SISTERS OF MERCY HUM CO - PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- REUNIONS SPORTS STUDENTS' ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS SCOTIA SCRIBNER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 SETTLEMENT -- HUMBOLDT CO. SHELTER COVE SHIVELY SHOWERS PASS SISKIYOU COUNTY SISTER CITIES SOCIAL SERVICES & RESOURCES SOCIETIES & ORGANIZATIONS -- 4-H CLUBS AMERICAN ASSN.OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, Humboldt Branch AMERICAN RED CROSS AMITY CLUB ARCATA WOMAN'S CLUB ASTRONOMERS OF HUMB.CO. BACKCOUNTRY HORSEMEN BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA BUSINESS & PROF'AL WOMEN'S CLUB CA INDIAN BASKET WEAVERS CA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY,(Northcoast Chapter) CA STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY CA FOR ALTERNATIVES TO TOXICS CAMPFIRE DGTRS. OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION E CLAMPUS VITUS ELKS and 'HERD TALK' EUREKA HERITAGE SOCIETY FRIENDS OF THE HUM CO LIBRARY FRIENDS OF THE REDWOOD LIBRARIES FRIENDS OF ST. LUKE'S FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA GARBERVILLE CIVIC CLUB GIRL SCOUTS GRANGE GREATER EKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HISTORICAL SITES SOC. OF ARCATA HISTORICAL SOCIETIES - MULTIPLE (see also MUSEUMS IN HUM CO.) HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT HUMANE SOCIETY HUMBOLDT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL HUMB. BAY & EUREKA MODEL RR CLUB HUMBOLDT BAY YACHT CLUB HUMBOLDT BLACK POWDER HERITAGE ASSN. HUMBOLDT BOTANICAL GARDENS FOUNDATION HUMBOLDT CO. CATTLEMEN'S ASSN. HUMBOLDT CO. EASTER SEALS SOCIETY HUMBOLDT COUNTY FARM BUREAU HUMBOLDT CO. HISTORICAL SOCIETY -- "The Way It Was" Columns HUMBOLDT FISH & GAME CLUB HUMBOLDT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HUMBOLDT MEDIATION SERVICES HUMBOLDT ROSE SOCIETY INK PEOPLE, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF HUM CO MASONIC LODGE MENS & BOYS --- VARIOUS MULTIPLE/VARIOUS NATIVE SONS & DGTRS. OF THE GOLDEN WEST NORTH of FOURTH NORTHCOAST ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER NO. COUNTIES LOGGING INTERPRETIVE ASSN. ODD FELLOWS PARENT-TEACHERS' ASSN. PARENT-TEACHERS' ASSN. - KNEELAND QUOTA CLUB REDWOOD ARTS ASSOC. REDWOOD GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM ROTARY ST.GEORGE REEF LTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY SALVATION ARMY SANCTUARY FOREST, INC. SAVE-THE-REDWOODS SOCIETY of HUMB.CO. PIONEERS SOROPTOMISTS INTERNAT'L OF HUMB. BAY 20/30 CLUB VETERAN'S ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S & GIRLS' VARIOUS YWCA & YMCA SOMES BAR SOUTH FORK SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY SOUTHPORT LANDING SPORTS -- BASEBALL -- HUMBOLDT CRABS FOOTBALL VARIOUS SPRINGS -- HUMBOLDT COUNTY STAFFORD	T, U, V, W TOP TABLE BLUFF TALL TALES -- BIGFOOT TEHAMA COUNTY TIMBER and STONE ACT TIMELINE OF HUMB.CO.HISTORY TOURISM -- EUREKA HUMBOLDT CO. TRAILS -- 19th C. 20th C. & 21st C. TRANSPORTATION -- ALTERNATIVE MODES AUTOMOBILES -- THERMO-KING/CORSAIRE II CAL TRANS HISTORY CANALS DIESEL CAR EUREKA FREEWAY PROPOSALS HIGHWAY 101 HIGHWAYS 36, 199, 299 FERRIES & SHIPPING ON RIVERS RURAL ROADS URBAN -- BUSES STREET CARS STAGECOACH TRINIDAD -- BEFORE 1950 1950 TO PRESENT TRINITY ALPS TRINITY COUNTY U.S. ARMY -- FORTS -- HUM CO. & CA. (See Also FORTS-etc.) U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. COAST GUARD -- CAPT. CHURCHILL U.S. FOREST SERVICE U.S. NATIONAL GUARD U.S. POSTAL SERVICE UTILITIES VISITORS' INFORMATION WAGES -- HUMBOLDT COUNTY WARREN CREEK (SEE ALSO GLENDALE) WASTE MANAGEMENT WEATHER WEOTT WESTHAVEN WETLANDS WHALES & WHALING WHITETHORN WILD FLOWERS IN HUMB. CO. WILDERNESS WILDLIFE WILLOW CREEK WOMEN IN HUMBOLDT CO. WOODLEY ISLAND WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR II