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Eureka is the principal city and county seat of Humboldt County in the Redwood Empire region of California. The city is located on U.S. Route 101 on the shores of Humboldt Bay, north of San Francisco and south of the Oregon border.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 At the 2010 census, the population of the city was 27,191, and the population of Greater Eureka〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce )〕 was 45,034.〔 Eureka is the largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland, and the westernmost city of more than 25,000 residents in the 48 contiguous states.〔(Eureka (city), California ), State & County QuickFacts, January 10, 2013, note: in data set〕 It is the regional center for government, health care, trade, and the arts on the North Coast north of the San Francisco Bay Area. Greater Eureka, one of California's major commercial fishing ports, is the location of the largest deep water port between San Francisco and Coos Bay, a stretch of about .〔 The headquarters of both the Six Rivers National Forest and the North Coast Redwoods District of the California State Parks System are in Eureka. As entrepôt for hundreds of lumber mills that once existed in the area, the city played a leading role in the historic West Coast lumber trade. The entire city is a state historic landmark, which has hundreds of significant Victorian homes, including the nationally-recognized Carson Mansion, and the city has retained its original 19th-century commercial core as a nationally-recognized Old Town Historic District. Eureka is home to California's oldest zoo, the Sequoia Park Zoo. == History == Eureka's Pacific coastal location on Humboldt Bay adjacent to abundant redwood forests provided the reason for settlement of this 19th-century seaport town. Before the arrival of Euro-American settlers including farmers, miners, fishermen and loggers, the area was occupied by indigenous peoples. === Native Americans === (詳細はWiyot people lived in Jaroujiji (Wiyot: "where you sit and rest"),now known as Eureka, for thousands of years prior to European arrival. They are the farthest-southwest people whose language has Algonquian roots. Their traditional coastal homeland ranged from the lower Mad River through Humboldt Bay and south along the lower basin of the Eel River. The Wiyot are particularly known for their basketry and fishery management.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 accessdate = December 9, 2012 )〕 An extensive collection of highly evolved basketry of the area's indigenous groups exists in the Clarke Historical Museum in Old Town Eureka. As of 2013, Eureka High School has the largest Yurok language program in California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eureka, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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