(February 1975) The spider stops; Sensing another being. It raises its legs. Move onward. Changing directions. It stops again. Still. Resting upon its web. Forward. Swiftly crawling. The black fly. Reckless. Buzzing wildly. Into the sticky net. Trapped. Down drops… Continue reading

(April 1980) “Let me out!” She screamed and cried As she put on her pretty little pout Then sighed. I was sad for this little gal As cute as a bugs. She needed a lift in morale This I could… Continue reading

Newspapers in Del Norte County date back to 1854, and top honors go to the Crescent City Herald for being the first to publish in northwestern California. The Herald was hot off the press in June of that year. The… Continue reading

The village of Gasquet takes its name from French immigrant Horace Gasquet, who arrived in Crescent City from France in 1853. The village’s name, however, is not the immigrant’s only legacy. He is in history books as having been quite… Continue reading

Grandpa Bill had a ritual he looked forward to every Sunday morning. He would take my sisters out for a drive for some bonding time. On one particular Sunday, however, Grandpa had a bad cold.. Luckily, Grandma Leola came to… Continue reading

The Northcoast has proved unkind for seagoing vessels plying the waters west of Crescent City. A number of vessels were wrecked or stranded along the coast, including Amanda Alger, who went ashore at the Gold Bluffs in December 1871; Centennial,… Continue reading

Morgan G. Tucker was born Dec. 28, 1822. He was proprietor of the Crescent City Hotel in 1854. He was also one of the jurors in the trial of the three Indians accused of murdering A. French. He was friends… Continue reading

The first white settlers of Del Norte County had contact with the world only through a scant trail system and the ships that stopped here. Although it was a more primitive system than available to travelers now, the number of… Continue reading

Nicholas Tack enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest Mason in the county. At the time of his death at 91, he was also the oldest man in Del Norte County. Family history says that a member of the House… Continue reading

James Brooking became one of Del Norte County’s pioneers because of his reaction to receiving a pick and a pan as his pay from an irate sea captain. History writer Esther Ruth Smith does not explain in her book, “Del… Continue reading