Humboldt Historian

Winter 2021: Volume 69, No.4

A Humboldt County Truck
John Carter
In the mid 1950s, a 1945 Dodge truck is rescued from deep in the woods of Garberville to become a part of family history as it travels in the 1960s to Southern Oregon and back to Humboldt County in 2021 for a new life.

Zipsy
Don Morrill
A vibrant young Ferndale woman lived her short twenty years spreading her joie de vivre in a wide swath over the state of California.

Layers of Meaning: History Meets Art at the Clarke
Katie Buesch
A striking mural painted by Wiyot artists Brian and Jasper Tripp and Alme Allen in 2000 is given a new home, new paint and a new life in the alley way at the Clarke Museum.

Scotia: The Company’s Town
Jim Garrison
Pacific Lumber Company’s development of the town Scotia (née Forestville) into a thriving community with amenities for their employees.

Down Memory Lane: Revisited
H.J. “Hap” Waters
A nod to the holiday season as told in the 1974 column by HH writer “Hap” Waters.

The cover is from the left panel of the mural “The Sun Set Twice on the People That Day” which is installed in Opera Alley on the side of the Clarke Museum. The mural reflects the strength and passion of Wiyot artists Brian and Jasper Tripp and Alme Allen who have illustrated a part of Humboldt County’s history in this work of art.
— On the Cover