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Arcata Union Rack Restored, Now In Arcata’s Museum

By kevpod

Rather than replace the weathered wedge of old cardboard and duct tape with modern cardboard and duct tape, Stonebarger chose to install a stout plank of wood. He wanted something with character, and after a three-hour search, found just the chunk in the back of a warehouse at Almquist Lumber. »

Arcata Eye, McKinleyville Press Merging Into Mad River Union Newspaper

By kevpod

In a sense, the Mad River Union will restore the tradition of the beloved Arcata Union, which closed after 109 years in 1995. Hoover and Durham both worked at the Union, which covered Arcata, McKinleyville and beyond. »

Helen Holmes’ Big Film Production Comes To Arcata

By kevpod

Of the 30-member film entourage lodged at the Hotel Arcata, 22 were paid movie staff. These included actors, camera operators, editors, support staff, producer J. P. McGowan and his “colored valet,” and the “colored maid” for Miss Holmes. »

Tile Sculpture Moving To New Home – July 5, 2012

By kevpod

“I definitely want to see it preserved,” wrote Carole Lewis. “After all, my son’s baby handprint is on it and I did a tile that says ‘Peace, Love and Upward Bound!’” »

How The Arcata Union’s Photo Archives Wound Up In Connecticut – March 21, 2012

By kevpod

Had Palmquist asked the Historical Society board whether they would have taken the Union photos, "I cannot know what we would have done." Kilkenny said. "He did not ask the board. He announced to the board his intentions after the contract was signed." »

Jack Durham & Kevin L. Hoover: The Decline And Fall Of The Humboldt Beacon – December 12, 2011

By kevpod

Jack Durham & Kevin L. Hoover McKinleyville Press/Arcata Eye For 110 years, the Humboldt Beacon has served the people of Fortuna and the Eel River Valley, persevering through two world wars, The Great Depression, the Humboldt flood of ’64 and an untold number of other trials and tribulations. Last Thursday, the Beacon put out its... »

The Terrible Demise Of Young George Blank – September 3, 2011

By kevpod

From the Arcata Union: Aug. 19, 1911 Fatal Accident Tuesday morning at six minutes past 10 o’clock, George Blank, a young man who had been employed at the Cooperage plant in Arcata in different capacities for nearly five years, met with a shocking accident by being caught in a belt running on the main... »

Jack Durham: The McKinleyville Press Sets Up, Settles In For The Long Haul – August 5, 2011

By kevpod

In some ways, life back then for me resembled the movie Groundhog Day, in which a weatherman is doomed to relive the same day over and over again. Except in my case, instead of a day, it was a weekly cycle. »

The Untold Story Of The McKinleyville Press – July 27, 2011

By kevpod

In the fall of 1995, I came home late one evening from a camping trip, turned on the evening news and learned that the Arcata Union was going out of business. Although I didn’t know it at the time, that was a pivotal moment in the birth of the McKinleyville Press. »