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Summer 2010

Volume 58 Number 2


Table of Contents

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Wm S Cooper, 1867 THE REMARKABLE SAGA OF THE COOPERS OF COOPERS MILLS, HYDESVILLE
by Rusty Bittermann

Three generations of the Cooper family built a ship and sailed to California to start a new life. Their inspired preparations and plans could not prevent the losses that awaited them.

   
Detail of Buhne's pilot tug at work, from the Clarke Museum THE FIRST TUGBOAT ON HUMBOLDT BAY
by Marvin Shepherd

A pilot tug was a ship's best hope for making it across Humboldt Bar, and Captain Buhne was the bar's best pilot. An excerpt from a new biography of H. H. Buhne.

   
Scotia Band member, 1936, from the Scotia Band SCOTIA BAND CELEBRATES 75TH ANNIVERSARY
by Gil Cline

Professor Cline salutes Humboldt's longest enduring band.

   
Arcata Blues, 1935, Lou Bonomini HUMBOLDT BASEBALL
by Jack Nash

Doings on the diamond from the Blue Stockings to the Crabs.

   
HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT THE BARNUM HOUSE

Repairing a fragile century-old leaded glass bay window is a risk Bill Hole and team were prepared to take.

   
Charlie Marshall panning for gold, 1930s ADVENTURES IN SALYER WITH UNCLE CHARLIE MARSHALL
by Linda DeLong

Join the author on a trip to Salyer with the Salyer family. Refreshments will be served!

   
Muse of History RIDING THE RAILS WITH CLIO AND HOBO - THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST
by Jerry Rohde

It's not every day you get to ride the rails with the muse of history.

   

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