Humbolt County Fair Light House

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HUEOLOT COUNTY FAR EST 1 FERNOALE CALFORNA

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR ESTABLISHED 1897 LIGHT HOUSE FERNDALE, CALIFORNIA The prisms and lens were hand ground in France, shipped around the Horn and originally placed in operation at Cape Mendocino in 1868. The en- tire mechanical gear, prisms and lens were moved to the fairgrounds in 1948. The beacon is still operative. R. W. (Bob) Clearwater, Eureka, California 5-60829