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Samoa Cookhouse ^ ft 5? ft The Image Tour stops for lunch at the Samoa s 1 Si 1 Cookhouse, the last surviving cookhouse in the western United States. Dating from the early 1900s, the cookhouse has served large quantities of food every day—first to lumberjacks at the Hammond Lumber Co. (presently Louisiana-Pacific Corp.) logging camp and now ta families. if Gracing the walls of the dining rooms and dominating ss ^ ^ 3 the adjoining museum, the cookhouse proudly displays a mementos from the early days of the Pacific Northwest's 9 timber industries. More modern souvenirs and loaves of imt ^ the cookhouse's bread can be bought in the gift shop. e Woodley « Island / 3 3 The WladaUet Fisherman n % i he MV Madaket is a Memorial working piece of Humboldt Statue Bay's maritime history. Con structed of local Douglas fir, the small steamer was launch ^^oodley Island Marina was ed in 1910 at Fairhaven, near opened during summer, 1981, Samoa, and was originally and serves as a haven for commercial fishing boats, private named Nellie C. A loyal craft and a wildlife sanctuary. Dominating the western workhorse for three-quarters of a century, the Madaket tip of the island is a 25-foot statue, "The Fisherman," served as a passenger ferry between Eureka and Samoa designed by Eurekan Dick Crane and dedicated to the until 1972, when a bridge linking the peninsula with the memory of local fishermen who have lost their lives at mainland was completed. sea. Maritime Museum Oarke Memwial Museum 1*he Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum, although not a regular part of the Image Tour, is an interesting side trip Humboldt County's heritage is preserved at the Clarke sprs during a visitor's stay in Eureka. TTie museum chronicles Memorial Museum. Founded in 1960 by Cecile Clarke, a s 1 S.|2l a-- r « Humboldt Bay's contributions to the Pacific Coast's history teacher at Eureka High School for 36 years, the ? a maritime heritage. In addition, the museum's Foundation museum contains two halls which display different maintains maritie artifacts in the area, such as the Table aspects of the county's past. Bluff Lighthouse, relocated at the Woodley Island Marina. The Main Hall features TTie museum building is a modified replica of the antique weapon displays, Vic fie? ^ torian furnishings, pioneer George McFarlan home, originally constructed where the and maritime artifacts, and museum is now situated, in 1852. McFarlan was a ,00- pioneer landowner and lumberman, one of the first to gems and minerals. Nealis 3 y 3 log large tracts of land within the present Eureka city Hall, a recent addition to the g limits. museum, houses the world's Opened to the public in 1984, the museum is located at largest collection of North 1410 Second St., one block east of the Carson Mansion. western California's Indian Tours can be arranged for groups. Call 444-9440 for basketry. arrangcmci.ts and hours of operation. You've Found It! coastal supply route was needed to replenish miners working at strikes in Siskiyou and Trinity counties. An Se q u o i a Pa rk a n d Zo o ^^elcome to Eureka, larg expedition out of San Francisco aboard the Laura est coastal city between San Virginia assessed Humboldt Bay as the most central and Francisco and Portland, cap- logical location to establish a base. Three towns sprung up on the bay. The first was Hum itol of Northwestern Califor boldt City, named for German naturalist and explorer Mjocated in a corner of nia's timber and fishing indus Alexander von Humboldt, and was located where King Eureka's 56-acre Sequoia Park, tries and Humboldt County's Salmon Resort stands today. Eureka was established the Zoo houses more than seat of government. three miles north and opposite the entrance to the bay. 100 animals representing 50 You are about to embark on the Eureka Image Tour, a Union, now Areata, was founded at the northern end of species from six continents. the bay. Established in 1907, the Zoo five-hour excursion through Of the three cities, Eureka grew the fastest. Not only recently completed the Bear the colorful, historic lore of was it supplying the miners, but it served as a home for Grotto and upgraded its ape this North Coast seaport. the booming timber industry. Fort Humboldt was and monkey enclosures. You will visit sites from its past, meet people who are part Gabriel Sculpture Garden of its present and shaping its future. Sponsored by the organized in 1853 between Eureka and Humboldt City, and the two towns grew together. Eureka became the Eureka Chamber of Commerce, this tour is a unique op The bizarre, whimsical collection of wooden figures and county seat and incorporated in 1856. forms in Old Town is Romano Gabriel's Sculpture portunity to get an overview of this area as few other v i s i t o r s c a n . Today, Eureka is a city of 25,000 people. The tedious Garden, The late Gabriel, an Italian immigrant, spent 30 After the tour, you can take advantage of Eureka's many stage route to San Francisco, which took three to four years transforming soap crates and wood scraps into restaurants and lounges. Why not sample some of the area's days, has been replaced by a five-hour drive along commentaries on people who made the headlines during Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, The once- h i s l i f e t i m e . famous seafood, or relax and watch the sunset over the dangerous entrance to the bay has been improved, and Following Gabriel's death in the 1970s, the garden, bay? And there's plenty to do nearby—Eureka is a gate ships from all over the world make it a port of call. way to Redwotid National Park and Avenue of the Giants. originally located at his Eureka residence, began to fall into disrepair. Concerned residents raised money to Whatever it is you're looking for in a vacation, you've Victorian restore it and relocate the garden at its present location found it in Eureka! Homes in 1977. E u r e k a ' s E a r l y D a y s Coast Oyster Co. Plant ▼ ictorian-era architecture Early English and Spanish explorers charted Northern a d d s c o l o r a n d c h a r m t o California's coastline, noting such points as Cape Hlarvesting the seas has been Eureka's second most almost every Eureka neigh important livelihood after logging. It is an industry Mendocino and Trinidad Head, but the obscure borhood. From the colossal which stretches back to the Native Americans, who entrance to Humboldt Bay was not discovered until Carson Mansion to much found the bay and its neighboring rivers an excellent 1806, The O'Cain, an American vessel scouting sea otter smaller dwellings. Eureka is source of salmon, trout, crabs, clams and oysters. colonies for the Russian-American Co., dropped anchor a gold mine for Victorian Founded in 1955, the Coast Oyster Co. is helping to and dubbed the harbor "Indian Bay" after the numerous buffs and photographers. keep that heritage alive. Humboldt Bay supplies nearly Wiyot tribe encampments ringing the shoreline. When 80 percent of California's oyster harvest, and most of the more otters were found south toward Monterey, annual yield is processed at this plant. Humboldt Bay was forgotten. In 1850, at the height of California's Gold Rush, a Old Town Fort Humboldt Eureka's Old Town is just that—Eureka's oldest Fort Humboldt, now a state historic park, was district. Present-day Old Town is the site of the original established in 1853 to protect Humboldt Bay's fledgling city, stretching from "A" to "M" Streets and from 4th communities during the Pacific Northwest's Indian Wars. Street north to the waterfront. Old Town's buildings ate A year after the fort was founded, it became the post of carefully restored to look as they did at the turn of the Captain Ulysses S. Grant, later commander of Union century, yet most have modern conveniences. forces in the Civil War and the United States' 18th Rollicking sailors, stevedores and lumberjacks have President. been replaced by couples and families strolling from store Today, only the hospital remains of the fort's original to store or relaxing near the gazebo. Full of antique buildings. But the grounds now house a logging exhibit stores, specialty shops and restaurants. Old Town which displays the hardware and showcases the lifestyles combines the spirit of the past with the dynamics of of the county's lumber industry. today..