Bookstore

All profits from bookstore sales support our non-profit organization. Purchasing a book about Humboldt County History, gifts, or ephemeral items from our bookstore is a great way to support the work we do!

Bookstore


Humboldt Historian Back Issues

Back issues of the Humboldt Historian are available in the bookstore or by phone order. Due to the wide variation in shipping and handling costs, issues cannot be purchased online. Please call (707) 445-4342 during open hours to place your order. Bulk discounts are available!


Used Books & Memorabilia

We have added a selection of used books to the website. If you are looking for a particular book and don’t see it, please give us a call at 707-445-4342. We’ll be happy to check the shelves for you!

We have a small selection of vintage memorabilia including booklets from the Ingomar Club (Carson Mansion), the1964-65 Flood, the Humboldt County Centennial, and the dedication of the Humboldt County courthouse. Vintage yearbooks are also available. Please call 707-445-4342 or email bookstore@humboldthistory.org for details and pricing.

Any vintage books that we sell are duplicates and have not been accessioned into the collection. Because we have limited space and other local repositories also have copies, we offer these items for sale in our bookstore. In accordance with ethical standards of the American Association for State and Local History, the Society of American Archivists, and the American Alliance of Museums, HCHS proceeds from such sales are earmarked for acquisitions or direct care of our collections.

If you have used books about Humboldt history that are in good condition and need a new home, please consider donating them to HCHS as an addition to our library, or for resale. This makes history even more available to the public while helping fund an institution that furthers that cause.


Shipping and Pick-Up Information

We generally mail books on the Friday following receipt of your order. If you choose to pick up your book(s), you will receive an emailed notification when your order is ready.


Book Prices

Members receive a 10% discount on all regularly priced books. Please do not use this option if you are not a member.

OR … consider becoming a member!


Book of the Month

Northern Humboldt Indians
by Jerry Rohde

20% off during the month of August 2025
$52.00


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Golden Adventures: Stories From the "Humboldt Historian"

Golden Adventures: Stories From the "Humboldt Historian"

Sale Price:$3.95 Original Price:$4.95

       The aim of the Historical Society is to collect and preserve local history, and we do that in several ways.  One is to sell books on local history at the Barnum House bookstore.  Another way is having published our acclaimed magazine, the "Humboldt Historian" since 1947.

       One book for sale at the Society, combining both, is part of a series of stories reprinted from earlier Historians in 1983, Golden Adventures from the Humboldt Historian. some of which were originally written more than a century ago.  This book is a unique opportunity to preserve the memories and research of Humboldters, many of whom are no longer with us, and thus preserving snatches of the past that would otherwise be lost.

       The subjects covered are an exciting variety, making one want to delve into every one.  There are stories that give unique views of Shelter Cove, Fieldbrook, Scottsville, Bald Mountain, Punkin Center, and Graveyard Prairie. We also are given a look at the life of stagecoach drivers, Winship Schooldays, infamous shipwrecks, early automobiling, and the once prosperous business of ship building.

       And throughout, there are names of historically memorable Humboldters, both as the subjects of these 30 stories and their writers; Andrew Genzoli, Susie Baker Fountain, the Samoa Base Ball players, Martha Roscoe, Ru-Flo Harper, Maxwell Rowley, Evelyn McCormick, and Hans Bendixsen's schooner the Jessie Miner.

       In its bookstore, library and vast ever-growing archives, the Historical Society continues to take pride in preserving memories that deserve being heard in the present and future.

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