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This November, the Harbor District is the only governing body with contested races in Del Norte County.
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Crescent City was an isolated community in 1854, with dense forest all around and its rocky ocean entrance often fogged in. Pack mules traveled over…
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The big steel steamship Oregon was sailing from San Francisco to Portland in early March 1905 when fire broke out in the cargo area. The ship with 57…
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Transporting logs to the mill was challenging in the days when ox teams dragged timber to the nearest stream for floating most of the way to the mills.…
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Northern California’s Crescent City has had its share of turbulent wind and sea weather. It doesn’t normally take the form of hurricanes or cyclones, but…
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An authentic 1902 one-room schoolhouse is tucked away on the Del Norte County Fairgrounds in Crescent City, Calif.At the turn of the century, the North…
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In May 1939, the Fourth of July committee in Crescent City, Calif., chose pirates as its celebration theme, complete with treasure hunts, parades, water…
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Almost as soon as Crescent City, Calif., opened its port, Chinese arrived, looking for gold or working for settlers who preceded them.The Chinese also…