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Eureka is one of California's historic landmarks. The California State Historical marker, #477, designating Eureka, is located in Old Town, one of the nation's best-preserved original Victorian-era commercial districts. [110] The city was voted as the No. 1 best small art town in John Villani's book The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. [111]
A tsunami warning was issued Thursday morning following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in Humboldt County, 7 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, Calif., the National Weather Service said in ...
Humboldt County comprises the Eureka–Arcata–Fortuna, California, Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located on the far North Coast of California, about 270 miles (435 km) north of San Francisco. It has among the most diverse climates of United States counties, with very mild coastal summers and hot interior days.
The city of Eureka is the county seat. The first purpose-built county courthouse was completed in Eureka in 1889 at the corner of 3rd Street and G Street, and survived a fire in 1924. [4] The design was credited to architect J.M. Curtis. [5] It was condemned and demolished in 1956. [4]
Elk River is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 2.25 miles (3.6 km) east-northeast of Fields Landing, [2] at an elevation of 69 feet (21 m). [1] All the residents of this neighborhood have Eureka, California addresses. There are two wooden covered bridges in the Elk River area. [3]
[23] [25] In 1972, 4,796 dolosse were manufactured locally; 4,795 of them are on the jetties, and one was installed outside the Eureka Chamber of Commerce. [23] The donated dolos was slated for demolition due to sale of this property by the City of Eureka in 2022, but it was relocated to Madaket Plaza through a community effort. [26]
A reservation of the native Wiyot tribe is also located here. Table Bluff Rancheria was established in 1908. It originally comprised 20 acres (81,000 m 2) donated by a local church. An additional 102 acres (0.4 km 2) were purchased for the tribe by the federal government in 1981 as the result of a lawsuit settlement.
Tuluwat Island is the largest of three islands located between the Samoa and Eureka Channels within Humboldt Bay and primarily consists of tidal marsh. Over time, human habitation on the island changed its topography, in part due to a process known as shell mounding, which increased the elevation of the island as Wiyot continually placed shells remaining from subsistence fishery management in ...