Category Archives: mad river

MAD RIVER FERRY HOUSE

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Thomas Bethune

I do not recall where I got the information that this place was known as the “Mad River Ferry House”, but I think it was a good source. This is a good example of the work that I was doing … Continue reading →

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MOUTH OF THE MAD RIVER

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

Overlooking the mouth of the Mad River at Clam Beach January 10, 2019.

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HISTORIC HUMBOLDT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1980 THROUGH 2018

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Over the coming days and perhaps weeks I will be posting images from my archives. I spent time photographing the areas around Humboldt Bay and the nearby cities of Eureka and Arcata. The imagary from 1980 through 2004 were either … Continue reading →

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OCTOBER EXHIBIT AT F STREET FOTO GALLERY

Posted on September 13, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

Here is an example of the images that I will exhibit next month. I took most of them in the nineteen-eighties. Some were color slides, and others were large format black and white. These locomotives were parked at Simpson’s Korbel … Continue reading →

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SUCH A LONG LONG TIME

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

That squall on the horizon caught us, and we got nice and wet.

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MAD RIVER BRIDGE

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Thomas Bethune

Former railroad bridge on the Mad River.

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