Table Bluff, California

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]

For the geologic feature, see Table Bluff (California).


History

The original hotel was built by pioneer Van Aerman in 1852. [3]

The historic Table Bluff Hotel

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

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
  •  California portal

References
  1. 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.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Table Bluff
  3. Turner, Dennis & Gloria. Place Names of Humboldt County, California. Humboldt Room: Dennis W. & Gloria H. Turner. p. 229. ISBN 9780962961724.
  4. 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. 978-0870622014.
  5. "Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot Tribe." United Indian health Services. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.
  6. "Lighthouse". homestead.com. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  7. "The Lord's Land". newstracts.org. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. "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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