Arcata, California
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Arcata is a city adjacent to the Arcata Bay portion of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States. At the 2020 census, Arcata's population was 18,857. Arcata was first founded in 1850
Arcata Plaza
Arcata Plaza in the 1890s
Bank of Arcata on the Plaza
The Pythian Castle building in Arcata is on the National Register of Historic Places.
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of three polytechnic universities in the California State University system and the northernmo
Arcata, California
…officially established in 1858, and was renamed Arcata in 1860. It is located 280 miles (450 km) north of San Francisco (via Highway 101), and is home to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt. Arcata is also the location of the Arcata Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Land Management, which is responsible for the administration of natural…
Founders Hall
View from high point of Humboldt State Normal campus, 1915
Primary HSU campus entrance on LK Wood Blvd (south side, adjacent to US-101)