The coolest lady I know passed
away on February 21, 2024 at the age of 83. Born JoAnn Hinkel on
December 15, 1940 in Virginia, she
passed
peacefully in Crescent City. JoAnn was either loved by most the
second they met her or disliked for her lack of a filter, saying
things exactly as she thoug
Early settlers in Humboldt County
had little entertainment. Life was
grim and the work was never-ending. This was true for my Norwegian
grandfather, Gustav Olsen; however,
in 1898, as soon as the barns and the
house were built on his Showers Pass
homestead, the first thing he did was
to add a
One hundred years ago this week, the Humboldt Standard reported that David Ward of Ryan Slough Nurseries had purchased the former Bunderson ranch in Freshwater. “Ward expects to establish a nursery on his new property as well as keeping a few cows,” the Nov. 24, 1923 newspaper said. The Humboldt Standard went on to note […]
The Rotary Club of Eureka recently celebrated its “centennial,” that’s right, the 100th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Eureka being founded. Back in October 1923, Henry “Bru” Brunnier of the San Francisco Rotary Club and former Rotary District Governor, made the journey up to Eureka. The lore was that it took two days and […]