EUREKA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, See also:

• PORT

port of entry, and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county seat of See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt county, See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, U.S.A., on the E. See also:

• SHORE

shore of Humboldt See also:

• BAY

Bay . Pop . (188o) 2639; (1890) 4858; (1900) 7327 (2035 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born); (1910) 11,845 . It has a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, greatly improved by the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and is connected with See also:

• SAN

San Francisco, See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland and other See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast ports by steamship lines . In 1909 a railway (the Northwestern Pacific), to connect Eureka with San Francisco, was under construction . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district owes its reputation as a See also:

• HEALTH

health resort to its equable See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and to the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection afforded by the wide coast See also:

• TIMBER

timber See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt . Eureka is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal point for the shipment of redwood See also:

• LUMBER

lumber, and saw-milling is carried on here on an enormous See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale . Several See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways run from Eureka and Arcata (pop. in 1900, 952) across the bay, into the forests, and bring lumber to the See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, most of which are in or near Eureka . Humboldt county was organized in 1853 . Eureka was then already the centre of an important lumber See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, principally in spars . It was incorporated in 1856, displacing See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union (now Arcata) as the county-seat in the same See also:

• YEAR

year .