Past and current issues of the Humboldt Historian are available through our bookstore in Eureka. Current Issues are also available locally at Northtown Books and Wildberries Marketplace in Arcata.
Summer 2025
On the Cover
To start our 78th year, we have updated our logo with a new one created by local artist Lynn Jones. Lynn M. Jones is a blockprint artist based in Eureka, CA. In 1999, she was introduced to working with 100-year old printing presses by David Lance Goines, a Berkeley, CA artist. Her prints start as reference photographs and drawings, but her favorite step is hand-carving intricate details into linoleum. The carved linoleum block gets put into a press, ink rolls over the raised surface of the carved linoleum, and paper is pushed onto the inky linoleum, leaving the print behind on the paper.
Original prints of the Gross-Wells-Barnum House (as shown below) are available for $120 each. $60 from each sale goes to HCHS. 11" x 14", unframed. The first edition run is 25 prints. See more at lynnoleum.com.
The new logo (above) replaces the lovely pencil drawing created by Patrick Gallagher. That drawing is the “ghost” behind the new logo on the cover. Patrick passed away in 2020 and his obituary can be found in the Spring 2021 Humboldt Historian. The obituary included a quote from Patrick about his original drawing:
“My mother, Bridget, lived next to the [Gross-Wells-Barnum] house for many years, and I did the drawing for Helen Barnum’s note cards—you have to use a magnifying glass to see my signature. I gave the negative for the original drawing to HCHS.” A special thank you to Patrick for his gift and a welcome to Lynn Jones for her addition to the Humboldt County Historical Society’s new look.
