Gift Shop & Historical Society Books

The museum gift shop is located beside our main exhibit area on the first floor. The gift shop offers a wide variety of items such as books, including some for children, old-fashioned cookbooks, and local books. Children’s toys, homemade jams and jellies, gold panning kits, blacksmith items, note cards, jewelry, telephone wire insulators, Limited Edition Christmas Ornaments and other treasures make up the remainder of our gift shop items.

 

 

Flowers & Trees of the Trinity Alps- A collection of 332 photos of flowers & trees growing in Trinity Alps and adjacent areas of the Klamath Mountains of Northwestern California. A descriptive text is provided for each species. Written by Alice Goen Jones, a botanist and forester who has lived in Trinity County since 1950. Historical Society Pub. (303 pages).

$39.95 plus $8 S&H Total: $47.95

 

From the Known to the Unknown- An aristocratic young French couple trade a peaceful and secure life in 1892 for an unknown one on the western frontier of America. Their search for a worthy enterprise in which to invest their time and money led them to the gold fields of Trinity County in California. In this book Baroness de LaGrange recalls her adventures in the development of the famous LaGrange Mine. Historical Society Pub. (117 pages).

$15.00 plus $8 S&H Total: $23

 

 

Historic Sites of Trinity County - Covers 471 sites and includes 272 photographs. Indexing has been included so the book may be easily used as a reference source. In this book an attempt has been made to cover all historic sites in Trinity County, bringing together in one place the history of these places as recorded or remembered by old-timers whose fathers or grandfathers were among the county's earliest settlers. Historical Society Pub. (442 pages).

$29.95 plus $8 S&H Total: $37.95

 

 

Tales of the Mountaineer - A compilation of stories written by J.J. Jackson who became known as Trinity County's unofficial historian. The stories were written by "Jake" as a member of the Rotary Club of Weaverville for publication in the club's weekly bulletin, "The Mountaineer". The first story was dated 9/15/41 and last 7/10/50. Historical Society Pub.

$12.50 plus $8 S&H Total: $20.50

 

 

 

Traveling the Trinity Highway - A photo-packed scenic guide beginning in Redding, California to Eureka along Highway 299. Contains descriptive information about this regions dazzling mountain and river country. (Soft cover) (246 pages).

$19.95 plus $8 S&H Total: $27.95

 

Nellie E. Ladd, Mining Camp Photographer of the Trinity Alps 1852-1922 - A photographic collection of the cultural history centered around the town of Old Denny. Texts, design & photographs by Valerie Budig-Markin, Professor of World Languages & Cultures & Women's Studies at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA.(188 pages).

hardcover $34.95 plus $8 S&H Total: $42.95

soft cover $28.95 plus $8 S&H Total: $36.95

 

 

Tales of the Trinity - The story of Major Horace Bell, adventurer, iconoclast and prominent citizen of early California. Bell writes of his recollection of events that had occurred in Trinity County in the period between October 1879 and February 1880. He had been a very young man at the time, having arrived in Trinity County as the youngest member of a gold seeking party. Historical Society Pub. (179 pages)

hardcover-signed by the editor $16.95 $8 S&H Total: $24.95

softcover-unsigned $5.95 $8 S&H Total: $13.95

 

Moon Lee One: Life in Old Chinatown, Weaverville, Ca -
An archaeological study of the Chinese-American pioneers. (138 pages).

Soft cover $15.00 $8 S&H Total: $23


TRINITY YEAR BOOKS

1955 TO 2008- A yearly publication of the Trinity County Historical Society covering various aspects of Trinity County history. Add $2 shipping on each copy with $5 handling on order.

Single copy - $6.00

5 or more - 15% discount

Complete set of 47 books - 25% discount

Click here to see the Trinity Yearbook Index

Numerous other books are offered for sale including historic cook books, chinese history, womens history, local history and much more.


   Contact us at:
   PO Box 333, Weaverville, CA 96093
   530-623-5211 • Fax 530-623-5053
   e-mailto:jake@trinitymuseum.org

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