Everywhere I turn I see that the media is down on “teen” drivers. I don’t get it. Driving has not change all that much since Henry Ford dropped an engine in a wooden frame and scared the crap out of… Continue reading

In January 1886, Del Norte County leaders called a meeting to draft a legal way to drive out the local Chinese population. The outcome would force the county’s hundreds of Chinese residents and workers onto boats and wagons headed for… Continue reading

The USA PATRIOT Act is a ten-letter acronym that stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act of 2001. It is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by… Continue reading

Soon to follow the friction between miners and this area’s indigenous population was more friction between the two groups on the Klamath area in January 1855. Miners there began to desert their claims and rally on the camps for protection,… Continue reading

It was somewhere along the State Route 215 near San Bernardino, that I learned what makes Californians different from the rest of the nation. It’s in their approach to driving and a highway patrol officer pointed this out to me.… Continue reading

Edwin Young was born in Tennessee in 1799, and later moved west to what was then territory belonging to Spain and Mexico. He primarily worked out of Taos, New Mexico, during the 1820s, making forays into California through that decade.… Continue reading

There’s a man out in the hallway,” said the Charge Nurse, “and he wants to talk with you.” She turned and slipped quietly out of the room. I was standing by Mom’s bed, where she lay curled on her right… Continue reading

In June 1855, a company was formed in Crescent City for the purpose of whaling. Whales were frequently seen near the harbor and this company was sure that whaling operations would be profitable. The company established whale rendering facilities on… Continue reading

It was 1860 when seven years of rumored wealth in the hills north of Crescent City proved to be true. In March of that year, several miners took samples of ore to be tested by D.S. Sartwell and Dr. Henry… Continue reading

In 1850, settlers to the Del Norte County region established Klamath City, an attempt that would fail to serve as the envisioned stop on a shipping and mining route. Explorers and miners arrived in the region and set up houses,… Continue reading