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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.

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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.

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Shipwrecked at Samoa, California: The Loss of the Navy Cruiser U.S.S. Milwaukee

Shipwrecked at Samoa, California: The Loss of the Navy Cruiser U.S.S. Milwaukee

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Back in stock! This book has been out of print, but a few copies are now available, courtesy of the author, Raymond Hillman.

Shipwrecks have punctuated the history of the California Coast from the earliest explorations up until our present time. This book presents the story of the grounding of the submarine H3 followed by the loss of the U.S. Navy cruiser Milwaukee in December 1916 and January 1917. Millions of dollars in government property were lost, but there were the “bright lights of hope in the darkness - U.S. Coast Guard bravery and expertise, the fearlessness of the lumbermen, fishermen, and other volunteers, the ingenuity of local industrialists and the overall good fortune that more did not lose their lives.”

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