Humboldt Historian

Fall 2021: Volume 69, No.3

A Visit to the Iaqua Cemetery
Karen Hendricks
A walk through Iaqua’s history as told by the gravestones of the pioneer families.

Rocky Glen a Log Cabin Passed
Suzanne Sevier McBride
A log cabin destined to hold many a southern Humboldt get together.

Not Fortuna’s First Rodeo: A Centennial Look at the Early Days of the Fortuna Rodeo
Dr. Alex Service
Celebrating the 100th year of the Fortuna Rodeo.

J Street Post: Eureka’s 11-Year-Old Journalistic Entrepreneurs
James Kim Bauriedel, MD, FACS
Budding journalists of the early 1950s take a turn at newspaper production.

In the Beginning… Eureka Police Department
Officer Richard Bise
An introduction to the first 125 years of the Eureka Police Department as illustrated by the first police chiefs.

Galloping with a rope in hand is Mabel East, Fortuna Rodeo queen candidate in 1927. As can be seen on the centerfold photos, these young women were definitely more than the stereotypical beauty pageant contestants. They were cowhands who had the skills, and used them every day at their ranches.
— On the Cover