Historical Clippings Book (HC-04) (198 pages)

In 1882, an artist drew this sketch of A. From Pack Train To Air Freight _ Arcata Gold Rush Da YC? By Vivienne L, George Special fo The Bee ness. 710 se s The company operated the in the mountainous “back coun-. ; 3 > . BE yd a ot at . rizard’s store in Arcata. Built of native stone quarried from the hills above the town, it served as a Shelter for women and children during Indian ‘‘scares.” ys Store Still Is In Business Present officials of the com-jstores 60 years before the chin pany claim it is the “oldest!store concept began to sweep!!wood forests. The‘firm pioARCATA, Humboldt County—. and largest continuously oper‘ eered regular shi ts b A. Brizard, Inc., which has. ated family store in Northwestthe, Coa COOENLY,. Teed © aehatt Sen y headquarters in Arcata is be-j¢™ California.” ginning its 105th year in busitrains, supplying branch stores . Trinity Counties, pioneered the first regular mail and Jater the]! first passenger service into these remote areas, . By 1865 the company was re-) jceiving shipments on Califor-) inia’s first railroad, the three-. mile-long Union Plank Walk, Rail Track and Wharf Company Railroad. And in 1927, A, Brizard, Inc., was consignee for jthe first alr freight shipment {flown into Humboldt county. Began In 1863 The business began June 8,. gue organized by French-born), Alexandre Brizard, who followed other Argonauts in Cali-. ‘fornia’s Gold Rush, After the) ‘first bloom had been picked off,'. many of the gold seekers} lswarmed north to fresh work-. ings in the Trinity Alps. In 1863, . [Briard invested his life say. ings, $693.78, to establish a busi. ness of transporting supplies a) . hese mountain mining camps. a ed i . There was no handy California 101 through the dense red-), sailing vessels from San Fran-. ; \. cisco to the wharf at Arcata and x in turn forwarded goods regustate’s first chain of general. try” of Humboldt, Siskiyou and. /jarly by pack train to the mountains. The firm grew up with the} country and for many of the rough, rugged isolated mountain communities the Brizard branch stores were the sole contact} with “outside.” A faded billhead dated 1887 lists stores in; Blue Lake, Bald Mountain, Orleans, Willow Creek, Weitchpec, White Rock {n Humboldt County; New River in Trinity County; Somes Bar in Siskiyou County, and the bill adds ‘. . . there ‘are other stores at various places and times,” an indication of the readiness of the company: mule trains to “pack up and go! after the miners, wherever they are.” “Varied Services = During the last century, Bri_. zard stores served as post of\fices, banks, depots an munity centers. d comStorekeepers bought surplus eggs from house‘wives, butter from ranches. They also handed out medical ‘advice ‘and’ various remedies, ‘wrote Jetters for miners homefolk “back east,” set brok-'. jen bones, furnished advice to the lovelorn and on more than one occasion the stores served! i} tol) as refuges during an Indian attack. Brizards have furnished lace for a baby's christening, tulle for that same baby’s wedding and, finally, a coffin for burial. Many pioneer families were dairy ranch-. ) able to “stick it out’? through ‘ers, shipped gold dust and nug-. heavy winter snows and become gets for miners to San Fran-/ permanent settlers because they) cisco for smelting and marketed! “stocked up” with supplies from! wool from mountain sheep! \Brizards before the cold set in. A typical family order, come) For many families in the hills, fall, would be 15 sacks of flour, comparable amounts of cornmeal, sugar, When spring and “‘payin’ time’ came, many settled the) . . \bering or other chores for the} Brizard family. . Brizards was also responsible; for helping the Indians in the; . Hoopa Valley and along the . Klamath River make peaceful . adjustment to the coming of the white man. The stores provided income for the various tribes by! lserving as outlets for the sale! lof Hoopa basketry and today. sare specimens are found in’ ; museums throughout the Unit-; coffee and beans,. ¢d States and overseas as re-. up} Sult of negotiations by the store. Closed Branches books by service—doing laun-} By 1928, when roads and the! dry, chopping cord wood, bar. automobile opened up the back! ‘country, Brizards closed down ‘their pack train runs along with ‘several of their branch stores which had outlived their usefulness. Besides the Arcata head-! quarters there are stores oper-: ating today in Scotia, Hoopa and Klamath, Their large Willow Creek store burned in the late 1950s, On the death of Alexandre Brizard, his three sons took over the business and the firm was incorporated in 1904. Today the third generation is still carrying on, Present president of the; company is Robert W. Matthews Sr., now in his 56th year with the firm.

In 1882, an artist drew this sketch of A. From Pack Train To Air Freight _ Arcata Gold Rush Da YC? By Vivienne L, George Special fo The Bee ness. 710 se s The company operated the in the mountainous “back coun-. ; 3 > . BE yd a ot at . rizard’s store in Arcata. Built of native stone quarried from the hills above the town, it served as a Shelter for women and children during Indian ‘‘scares.” ys Store Still Is In Business Present officials of the com-jstores 60 years before the chin pany claim it is the “oldest!store concept began to sweep!!wood forests. The‘firm pioARCATA, Humboldt County—. and largest continuously oper‘ eered regular shi ts b A. Brizard, Inc., which has. ated family store in Northwestthe, Coa COOENLY,. Teed © aehatt Sen y headquarters in Arcata is be-j¢™ California.” ginning its 105th year in busitrains, supplying branch stores . Trinity Counties, pioneered the first regular mail and Jater the]! first passenger service into these remote areas, . By 1865 the company was re-) jceiving shipments on Califor-) inia’s first railroad, the three-. mile-long Union Plank Walk, Rail Track and Wharf Company Railroad. And in 1927, A, Brizard, Inc., was consignee for jthe first alr freight shipment {flown into Humboldt county. Began In 1863 The business began June 8,. gue organized by French-born), Alexandre Brizard, who followed other Argonauts in Cali-. ‘fornia’s Gold Rush, After the) ‘first bloom had been picked off,'. many of the gold seekers} lswarmed north to fresh work-. ings in the Trinity Alps. In 1863, . [Briard invested his life say. ings, $693.78, to establish a busi. ness of transporting supplies a) . hese mountain mining camps. a ed i . There was no handy California 101 through the dense red-), sailing vessels from San Fran-. ; \. cisco to the wharf at Arcata and x in turn forwarded goods regustate’s first chain of general. try” of Humboldt, Siskiyou and. /jarly by pack train to the mountains. The firm grew up with the} country and for many of the rough, rugged isolated mountain communities the Brizard branch stores were the sole contact} with “outside.” A faded billhead dated 1887 lists stores in; Blue Lake, Bald Mountain, Orleans, Willow Creek, Weitchpec, White Rock {n Humboldt County; New River in Trinity County; Somes Bar in Siskiyou County, and the bill adds ‘. . . there ‘are other stores at various places and times,” an indication of the readiness of the company: mule trains to “pack up and go! after the miners, wherever they are.”

“Varied Services = During the last century, Bri_. zard stores served as post of\fices, banks, depots an munity centers. d comStorekeepers bought surplus eggs from house‘wives, butter from ranches. They also handed out medical ‘advice ‘and’ various remedies, ‘wrote Jetters for miners homefolk “back east,” set brok-'. jen bones, furnished advice to the lovelorn and on more than one occasion the stores served! i} tol) as refuges during an Indian attack. Brizards have furnished lace for a baby's christening, tulle for that same baby’s wedding and, finally, a coffin for burial. Many pioneer families were dairy ranch-. ) able to “stick it out’? through ‘ers, shipped gold dust and nug-. heavy winter snows and become gets for miners to San Fran-/ permanent settlers because they) cisco for smelting and marketed! “stocked up” with supplies from! wool from mountain sheep! \Brizards before the cold set in. A typical family order, come) For many families in the hills, fall, would be 15 sacks of flour, comparable amounts of cornmeal, sugar, When spring and “‘payin’ time’ came, many settled the) . . \bering or other chores for the} Brizard family. . Brizards was also responsible; for helping the Indians in the; . Hoopa Valley and along the . Klamath River make peaceful . adjustment to the coming of the white man. The stores provided income for the various tribes by! lserving as outlets for the sale! lof Hoopa basketry and today. sare specimens are found in’ ; museums throughout the Unit-; coffee and beans,. ¢d States and overseas as re-. up} Sult of negotiations by the store. Closed Branches books by service—doing laun-} By 1928, when roads and the! dry, chopping cord wood, bar. automobile opened up the back! ‘country, Brizards closed down ‘their pack train runs along with ‘several of their branch stores which had outlived their usefulness. Besides the Arcata head-! quarters there are stores oper-: ating today in Scotia, Hoopa and Klamath, Their large Willow Creek store burned in the late 1950s, On the death of Alexandre Brizard, his three sons took over the business and the firm was incorporated in 1904. Today the third generation is still carrying on, Present president of the; company is Robert W. Matthews Sr., now in his 56th year with the firm.