/tags/crescent-city Crescent City en-US Copyright Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:50:58 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-11/candidates-hope-to-right-the-course-of-crescent-citys-harbor-district This November, the Harbor District is the only governing body with contested races in Del Norte County. Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:50:58 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-11/candidates-hope-to-right-the-course-of-crescent-citys-harbor-district Justin Higginbottom /show/as-it-was/2020-01-27/as-it-was-crescent-city-cashes-in-on-oregon-gold-boom 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… Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:00:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2020-01-27/as-it-was-crescent-city-cashes-in-on-oregon-gold-boom Lynda Demsher /show/as-it-was/2019-12-19/as-it-was-burning-steamship-smolders-on-crescent-city-beach 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… Thu, 19 Dec 2019 08:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-19/as-it-was-burning-steamship-smolders-on-crescent-city-beach Lynda Demsher /show/as-it-was/2019-12-10/as-it-was-lumber-mill-builds-crescent-city-and-smith-river-railroad 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.… Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-10/as-it-was-lumber-mill-builds-crescent-city-and-smith-river-railroad Lynda Demsher /show/as-it-was/2019-10-29/as-it-was-waterspout-blows-into-crescent-city-in-1925 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… Tue, 29 Oct 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-10-29/as-it-was-waterspout-blows-into-crescent-city-in-1925 Lynda Demsher /show/as-it-was/2019-08-27/as-it-was-fairground-puts-old-school-on-display-in-august 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… Tue, 27 Aug 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-08-27/as-it-was-fairground-puts-old-school-on-display-in-august Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-07-04/as-it-was-obligatory-whiskers-mar-independence-day In May 1939, the Fourth of July committee in Crescent City, Calif., chose pirates as its celebration theme, complete with treasure hunts, parades, water… Thu, 04 Jul 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-07-04/as-it-was-obligatory-whiskers-mar-independence-day Laurel Gerkman /show/as-it-was/2019-05-07/as-it-was-crescent-city-orders-chinese-to-leave-town-in-1880s 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… Tue, 07 May 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-05-07/as-it-was-crescent-city-orders-chinese-to-leave-town-in-1880s Lynda Demsher