Table Bluff is a locality[1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Fields Landing,[1] at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m).[2]
History[edit]
The original hotel was built by pioneer Van Aerman in 1852. [3]
A post office operated at Table Bluff from 1861 to 1862, from 1867 to 1868, from 1870 to 1891, for a time in 1892, and from 1900 to 1901.[1] From 1892 to 1975 the Table Bluff Light was located on Table Bluff.[4] Table Bluff Rancheria of the Wiyot people is located on Table Bluff.[5]
Gospel Outreach was a Christian community that was situated at Table Bluff on "Lighthouse Ranch" located on a former Coast Guard Station.[6] From 1971 to the late 1980s many young people from the Jesus movement lived at the ranch.[7]
Notable residents[edit]
Seth Kinman ran the hotel/bar at Table Bluff for many years as well as owning a home there.[8] He and his family are buried in the Table Bluff Cemetery.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Table Bluff
- ^ Turner, Dennis & Gloria (2010). Place Names of Humboldt County, California. Humboldt Room: Dennis W. & Gloria H. Turner. p. 229. ISBN 9780962961724.
- ^ O'Hara, Susan Pritchard; Gregory Graves (21 August 1991). Saving California's Coast: Army Engineers at Oceanside and Humboldt Bay. The Arthur H. Clark Company. pp. 277. ISBN 9780870622014. 978-0870622014.
- ^ "Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Tribe." United Indian health Services. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.
- ^ "Lighthouse". homestead.com. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "The Lord's Land". newstracts.org. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "SETH KINMAN.; THE PACIFIC COAST NIMROD WHO GIVES CHAIRS TO PRESIDENTS". New York Times. December 9, 1885. p. 10. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
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