Southern Humboldt Hinterlands

Fri., July 17, 4-6 p.m.

Location: Online

Cost: $30

With Jerry Rohde, Place Ranger

Learn how leather caused the loss of Southern Humboldt's tanoak forest. Find out why the sharpness of Blunt's Reef doomed so many ships. Discover which acorn the Southern Humboldt Indians preferred above all others. With the help of colorized historical photographs, we'll explore these topics and a few others, providing motivation for some summer Southern Humboldt drives.

This class will be recorded with Closed Captions for future viewing.

Registration opens for OLLI members on May 27. Non-members may register starting May 29.

Jerry Rohde

Jerry Rohde has taught at Cal Poly OLLI since its beginning in 2005, and since then has offered over 100 classes in three subject areas: Humboldt County history, local ethnogeography, and early 20th century California art. 

For 15 years he was a research associate at Cal Poly's Cultural Resources Facility, and has consulted with various state and local agencies, several Indian tribes, and local archaeologists. He has written five volumes in the series, History of Humboldt Peoples and Places. His History of Southern Humboldt County is expected to be soon published by the Cal Poly Humboldt Press.