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Arcata| Town in Humboldt County, northwest California, USA; population (2000) 16,700. It is situated on the northeast of Arcata (Humboldt) Bay, 10 km/6 mi northeast of Eureka and 88 km/54 mi south of the Oregon border. Founded in 1850, it was a meeting point for mule trains carrying mining supplies over mountain trails; Bret Harte lived and wrote here later in the decade. Humboldt State University (1913) now dominates the city's life. Tourists are drawn to local marshes, the bay, and the city's many Victorian homes. |
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| It was a visit to a 2,000-acre town-owned redwood forest in Arcata, California, that inspired her to propose the idea in her remote Montana community. Certainly this was the case when, in 1992, Eugene Gloria--National Poetry Series winner for Drivers at the Short-Time Motel--came on a "pilgrimage" to visit me in Arcata, California, "sent" by Garrett Hongo, then his MFA professor at the University of Oregon; Geno and I went out for Chinese food that time: Kung Pao Shrimp, Sweet and Sour Pork, steamed rice, oolong tea. Prior to the rollup, some of the companies involved constituted more than 20% of my business, so you had to play along," says Bruce Brady, sales and marketing director for Sun Valley Floral Farms, in Arcata, California. |