You have found a Book of Days from Lost Eureka. This is the January 1889 Chapter. The Fabulists of Lost Eureka continue to search for evidence from local newspapers, photographic archives, and assorted ephemera from the late 19th century. The Artists of Lost Eureka explore the details of the stories visually and have reproduced those artworks for you to bring Lost Eureka into your home or the homes of your friends. Find them here.
Tuesday January 1st 1889: The Captain pops corn in celebration of the Solar Eclipse path of totality passing over her ship off the coast of Northern California.
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Wednesday January 2nd 1889: A clear sphere floats up to a man from the electric light company atop a pole. The shimmering ball suddenly disappears.
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Above art copyright Liz Valasco.
Thursday January 3rd 1889: James Halliwell-Phillipps dies.
Friday January 4th 1889: In the Public Library rooms the Natural History and Archeological Society discuss the characteristics of the creature lurking in Humboldt Bay.
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Saturday January 5th 1889: George Craig’s attempt to catch the bullet shot by James Larkin at the Bureau Saloon is unsuccessful. He loses the bet this time.
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Sunday January 6th 1889: Relieved to no longer be a Captain of the Excelsior, first mate Paul Iverson, of the schooner Ivy signals his mermaid love his readiness to live on beneath the waves.
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Monday January 7th 1889: Recently disembarked from the steamer Humboldt Richard Sweasey wonders “Why black walnut and oak furniture from Michigan for a Courthouse surrounded by redwoods?”
Tuesday January 8th 1889: An evening of dance leads the attendants at Russ Hall to bliss and transcendence as the evening culminates in the weaving of the mazy waltz.
Wednesday January 9th 1889: The creature created from flame at Weaver’s Laundry on First Street rushes upstairs in attempt of escape, ejecting furniture off the second story before dissipating in the midnight air.
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Thursday January 10th 1889: The creek on the Ricks property is filled in and flattened with pachyderm power, specifically the elephantine kind.
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Friday January 11th 1889: Ghost spooks Dr. Farrer of Healdsburg who falls into the basement of the new courthouse.
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Saturday January 12th 1889: The variegated patterns in the sheets of rain form the shape of a daemon bringing malfunction to the telegraph operator and his machine.
Sunday January 13th 1889: Three-year-old Miss Hansen practices her skill of invisibility for six hours until the perceptive Mrs. Borg returns the child to her worried mother.
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Monday January 14th 1889: The stage of Baird’s Opera House rings with the sound of coins freed from their pockets and purses of Eureka’s music lovers by Hope.
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Tuesday January 15th 1889: Elephants push, giraffes lookout, and rhinoceroses dig a path while upon the steamer Antelope all view the new schooner launching from Bendixsen’s shipyard just before noon.
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Wednesday January 16th 1889: Blushing in this heavenly dance, hiding in our earthly shadow, Luna waits now opposite Sol. She will dance on as will he and as will we.
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Thursday January 17th 1889: Throughout the town old women examine the tracks of an angel in the frost on the wooden walkway or in the grass leading away from the baskets of potatoes and calalilies left outside their doors.
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Friday January 18th 1889: Charles leaves this mortal world to speak to the angels who will requite his learned conversation at any hour of eternity.
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Saturday January 19th 1889: Mr. Potter sits in the lobby of the Bay Hotel realizing his calling. He formulates a plan to prove he is the best at what he does.
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Sunday January 20th 1889: The mythic power of the Phoenix overtakes the swift Antelope in a race of steamers though neither be named for water creatures. The otter outswims both being native to the element.
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Monday January 21st 1889: What Mr. Galt sees while performing his experiments at improving human vision astound, but have costs too weighty to bear for too long.
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Tuesday January 22nd 1889: Mr. Cook lies back in his new chair and is transported to another realm of understanding. He returns refreshed and ready to serve the mouths of Eureka.
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Wednesday January 23rd 1889: Mrs. Bonstell disarms with her sanguine charms and the young man relents his revengeful intents.
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Thursday January 24th 1889: The driver of the Finson House ‘bus runs, jumps, and grasps the reigns of his team who had just leapt up into the air carrying their carriage with them.
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Friday January 25th 1889: George Washington, Betsy Ross, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin step through time into Russ Hall for some reflections upon America.
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Saturday January 26th 1889: Mayor Vance oversees the laying of plank driveways including a racing course for bicycles in and around his lumberyard.
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Sunday January 27th 1889: One thousand citizens watch the soul of Mr. Zane ascend to the heavens above Myrtle Grove Cemetery.
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Monday January 28th 1889: A team of men haul a large skull up to Kingston’s wharf as a threat to the beast beneath the waters of Humboldt Bay.
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Tuesday January 29th 1889: On the corner of C and First streets a young boy dreams of harnessing the elements to provide light to a dark world.
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Wednesday January 30th 1889: The creature retrieves the remains of his brethren to provide for a proper burial beneath the waves of the sea.
Thursday January 31st 1889: In the darkness of the night a dream insinuates the bright future before us. We have found something beautiful and fabulous.
The next chapter is February 1889 found here.
The previous chapter is December 1888 found here.
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