Jerry Rohde
Jerry Rohde does investigative reporting — 150 years too late. He’s working on a multi-volume geographical history of Humboldt County when he isn’t distracted by glitzy writing projects.
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Genocide and Extortion
150 years later, the hidden motive behind the Indian Island Massacre
February 25, 2010
The Women Behind the Trees
Laura and James Wasserman's Who Saved the Redwoods? The Unsung Heroines of the 1920s Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests
June 06, 2019
Recent Articles
- Letters + Opinion, Views Sep 1, 2022
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This Land Is Their Land
- News, Apr 2, 2020
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The 200th Victim
Humboldt County's response to the 1918-1919 and what it teaches us a century later
- Arts + Scene, Book Review Jun 6, 2019
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The Women Behind the Trees
Laura and James Wasserman's Who Saved the Redwoods? The Unsung Heroines of the 1920s Who Fought for Our Redwood Forests
- News, Oct 27, 2016
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An American Genocide
Humboldt County's role in the mass slaughter of California Indians wasn't limited to a massacre, vigilantes or even a militia. It was systemic.
- News, Oct 23, 2014
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Scotia
Amid the death rattles of one of America's last company towns, local historian Jerry Rohde looks back. An excerpt from Both Sides of the Bluff History of Humboldt County Places
- News, May 24, 2012
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Railroad!
Proposed lines ‘set rich blood a-tingling’ in early 1900s
- News, May 24, 2012
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Some Other Proposed North Coast Railroads
- Arts + Scene, Book Notes Sep 15, 2011
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Grave Matters
By Tony Platt - Heyday Books
- News, Mar 24, 2011
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Story on the Door
- Arts + Scene, Book Notes Dec 2, 2010
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Place Names of Humboldt County, California: A Compendium 1542-2009
Dennis W. Turner and Gloria H. Turner
- News, Feb 25, 2010
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Genocide and Extortion
150 years later, the hidden motive behind the Indian Island Massacre
Recent Comments
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Re: The Covered Bridges of Humboldt County
Thank you! I'll check it out!
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on April 1, 2023
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Re: Working Through Sister Act at FRT
This is far from a review, it is a political rant. Critical reviews in a…
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on April 1, 2023
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Re: The Covered Bridges of Humboldt County
I'm pretty sure this bridge I'm about to tell u is a private owned covered…
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on March 31, 2023
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Re: 'A Symbolic Gesture'
The voters that supported this garbage are un-American. Typical for the peoples republic of Arcata.
- on March 31, 2023
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Re: 'A Symbolic Gesture'
The vote was un-American. Routine in the people's republic of Arcata.
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