History Nuggets Blog

Frontier justice in Eureka.

The author, his troubles, and that infamous fight in the Oberon.

In 1590, the fog lifted and the Spanish found Trinidad.

It wasn’t just San Francisco!

Lighthouses were essential on our rocky, foggy coast.

Humboldt’s beautiful forests!

Jim Howard - a much loved and respected Eurekan.

The frightening times when Humboldt was under water.

An ugly time in Humboldt’s treatment of Asians.

Victory gardens, scrap metal drives and Chicago Bridge & Iron!

Traveling from Phoenix to Eureka at 20 mph.

Scandalous elections and tipping Minerva!

Wireless, ham radios and telephones - doing away with Humboldt’s isolation.

The story of a French entrepreneur who created a network of Humboldt general stores.

Kiwelattah, a kind Wiyot elder who welcomed the first European settlers - and probably regretted it.

The story of Humboldt’s medical care from herbs to hospitals.

Of course they’re really out there!

Humboldt men going “over there.”

One of the “lost towns” of Humboldt.

Founded in 1907, it is the oldest zoo in California and the smallest accredited zoo in the nation.