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The United States Post Office and Courthouse in Eureka, California is a courthouse of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Completed in 1910, this historic building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Its architecture, designed by James Knox Taylor, is mixed, reflecting several ...
According to an editorial published in the Daily Alta California on November 5, 1850, fairs were common on the east coast of the United States.They believed the newborn state had potential to hold a great "exhibition that would astonish the world", comparing its accomplishments to "the poet's imagined Minerva, when she burst full armed from the brain of Jove, through the cleft made by Vulcan's ...
Humboldt County was formed in 1853 from parts of Trinity County. 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 ...
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. [111] 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. [112]
California State Fair in July 2013. The California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) is an independent state agency established by law in the California Food and Agriculture codes. Cal Expo is governed by an appointed 11-member Board of Directors and daily operations are managed by the chief executive officer (selected by the Board).
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009.
Fairhaven (formerly Rolph) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States.It is located 2.25 miles (3.6 km) west-southwest of downtown Eureka, [4] at an elevation of 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level.
Inyo County was formed in 1866 after a failed effort to establish Coso County; [3] Coso had been partitioned from Mono and Tulare Counties in 1864. [4]Shortly after Coso County was formed in 1864, the county seat was set in Bend City and Governor Frederick Low offered the position of county judge to Dr. S. G. George, who declined it; local citizens favored Oscar L. Matthews, but Low did not ...