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History
Historic Humboldt Ghost Town Added to National Register of Historic Places
Photo: Cal Poly Humboldt Falk, a once-thriving logging community in Humboldt County that became a ghost town nearly a century…
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History
Grizzly Bears Once Ruled California. Here’s Why They No Longer Roam the State.
Photo by Zdenk Macháek Why does the California State Flag feature an extinct animal, the California grizzly bear, a beast so…
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This 1952 News Reel Shows Passenger Train Buried in Tahoe’s Worst Blizzard in 50 Years
In January of 1952, the worst blizzard seen in 50 years slammed the Tahoe area, closing the pass over Donner…
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Shame and Redemption: The History of Captain Jack’s Skull
Captain Jack The 1870s were turbulent, bloody times in Northern California. Tensions between Indigenous Peoples and the U.S. Army who…
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Stories
We Went Searching for the Best Olives in Northern California. Here’s What We Found.
Rarely does Northern California come into the conversation of great olive producing regions, but maybe it should!
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Watch the Incredible Video of the Lassen Peak Eruption in 1914
My interest with our surrounding volcanic activity has turned from curiosity to obsession. The last eruption of Mount Shasta occurred…
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History
On this Day in History: President JFK Dedicates the Whiskeytown Dam
We know that our area holds significant landmarks for the state as well as the country, and no event signifies…
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