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  2. California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt - Wikipedia

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    Founders Hall. Humboldt State Normal School was established as a teacher's college on June 16, 1913, by California governor Hiram Johnson. [8] It was one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.

  3. Kinetic sculpture race - Wikipedia

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    Duane Flatmo's Extreme Makeover crosses Humboldt Bay during the 2005 Grand Championship Wet Paint enters Old Town Eureka. The concept of kinetic sculpture racing originated in Ferndale, California in 1969 when local sculptor Hobart Brown "improved" the appearance of his son's tricycle by welding on two additional wheels and other embellishments.

  4. Eureka, New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Eureka is on the former Piako Swamp, described in 1876 as deep. [6] Following the invasion of the Waikato, it was part of the area confiscated from Ngāti Hauā in 1864. [7] [8] Captain William Steele, who brought militia-settlers from Sydney to Hamilton in 1864, [9] persuaded Thomas Russell and Frederick Whitaker to form a company to buy land and drain it.

  5. Eureka: A Prose Poem - Wikipedia

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    Eureka, then, is the culmination of Poe's interest in capturing truth through language, an extension of his interest in cryptography. [19] Eureka seems to continue the science fiction traditions he had used in works like "MS. Found in a Bottle" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". [11]

  6. List of people from Eureka, California - Wikipedia

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    Lived in Eureka [7] Luke Burbank: May 8, 1976: Radio host Born in Eureka [8] Emma B. Freeman: 1880 1928 Photographer Lived in Eureka [9] Jeff Jordan: Artist Born in Eureka [citation needed] Seth Kinman: Sep 29, 1815: Feb 24, 1888: Performer; hunter for Fort Humboldt Lived in Eureka [10] Matthew Monahan: 1972: Artist Born in Eureka [11] Jimmy ...

  7. Eureka Forbes - Wikipedia

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    Eureka Forbes was founded in 1982 as a 60:40 joint venture between Tata Group's Forbes & Company and Swedish manufacturer Electrolux.In 2001, Tata Group sold Forbes & Company to Shapoorji Pallonji Group and, four years later, Electrolux sold its 40% stake in Eureka Forbes to Forbes & Company.

  8. Lost Coast Brewery - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles Times called it a "charming outdoor sipper as the weather warms, and it has real potential as a food beer". [16] Downtown Brown [6] [14] was the first beer distributed by Lost Coast Brewery. It's a lightly hopped dark malt ale. In 1993, it won a bronze medal in the American Brown Ale category at the Great American Beer Festival ...

  9. USS LCI(L)-1091 - Wikipedia

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    He moved her to Eureka, California, where she fished for albacore from 1995 until 2003. [5] [6] LCI(L)-1091 had been in continuous use for most of her 65-year life and remains in near original condition. In 2005, she was donated by Davis to be a museum ship for the Humboldt Bay Naval Sea/Air Museum at Eureka, and opened to the public during ...