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Eureka owes its name to James Talbot Ryan. In 1850, Ryan was searching for a port for shipping lumber. As the story goes, when he came to Humboldt Bay in northern
California, he cried, Eureka! ancient Greek for "I have found it!" hence the name of the city. The first state congress adopted the phrase as California's state motto.
Unbeknownst to him, Ryan had discovered the largest deepwater port betweven Portland, Oregon, and
San Francisco. He began building mills that prepared fir, pine, and redwood trees for shipping. By 1881, 22 sawmills operated in the area. Schooners hauled the lumber to San Francisco and other growing communities.
The railroad went as far as Humboldt Bay, mainly to transport logs to the lumber mills. Today, Eureka is a city of 26,128 residents (2000 census) and enjoys a broad economic base as an industrial and transportation center. It also has a tourist trade.
Eureka owes its name to James Talbot Ryan. In 1850, Ryan was searching for a port for shipping lumber. As the story goes, when he came to Humboldt Bay in northern California, he cried, Eureka! ancient Greek for "I have found it!" hence the name of the city. The first state congress adopted the phrase as California's state motto.
Unbeknownst to him, Ryan had discovered the largest deepwater port betweven Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco. He began building mills that prepared fir, pine, and redwood trees for shipping. By 1881, 22 sawmills operated in the area. Schooners hauled the lumber to San Francisco and other growing communities.
The railroad went as far as Humboldt Bay, mainly to transport logs to the lumber mills. Today, Eureka is a city of 26,128 residents (2000 census) and enjoys a broad economic base as an industrial and transportation center. It also has a tourist trade. |
Many of the houses in Eureka are monuments to the city's lumber industry. For example, the Carson Mansion was built in the 1880s by a lumber executie. Its fourth-story tower offered an excellent view of the lumber operations and of Humboldt Bay. Across the street from the Carson Mansion is the Pink Lady, another fine ictorian mansion. Eureka's Old Town is west of the Carson Mansion. It underwent a major reitalization project in the 1960s.
Fort Humboldt State Park is located on a bluff overlooking Humboldt Bay. It once was a military post.
Eureka's Sequoia Park features a small zoo. The city also is the site of the Children's Discovery Museum, Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum, and the College of the Redwoods.
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