Sarah’s Story: Humboldt’s First Woman Lighthouse Keeper
Peggy Wheeler
Widow Sarah Johnson’s story of how she came to serve as Humboldt County’s first woman lighthouse keeper in the early 1850s while raising her five children.
75 Years: A History of the Humboldt Land Title Company
Philip Arnot
1947 brought Humboldt County both the Humboldt Land Title Company and the Humboldt County Historical Society.
HCHS Presidents 1947-2022 + Minutes of the First HCHS Meeting
Compiled by Wendy Hill
A listing an a few statistics about the first 75 years of HCHS presidents.
Formation of the Humboldt County Historical Society
Bob Libershal
A summary of the formative meetings of the Humboldt County Historical Society in 1947
Humboldt County Historical Society’s First Forty Years. Annotated on its 75th Anniversary.
Jim Elferdink, annotated by Wendy Hill
An annotated version of a December 1987 article that looked at first forty years of the Humboldt County Historical Society and the folks who brought the organization to life.
Vintage Humboldt Historian: My Rcollection of the Old Academy and Business College
Isaac Cullberg
A “make-over” of an article from the 1954 Humboldt County Historical Society Newsletter which discusses the second year of the Eureka Business Academy in 1886.
HCHS Hints: Taking Care of your Heirlooms
Pam Service
Collections archivist Pam Service offers “goods” and “bads” for the safe maintenance of your heirlooms at home.
“The stunning Gross-Wells-Barnum House is the icon of our Society. Although the Humboldt County Historical Society has been in existence since 1947—75 years—this 1902 Eureka beauty was donated in 1993 to HCHS through Helen Barnum’s estate. Between 1947 and 1993, HCHS conducted business from a variety of libraries, community rooms and schools before the generosity of the Gross, Wells and Barnum family settled us in and gave us an opportunity to grow.”