>Charles: I'm with Doug on his main point here, but actually the
>Yurok, Hupa and Kerok (spelling ) Indians are in Humboldt County
>too. I lived there for a few weeks on a land recovery project in
>1978.
Here's the demographics of Cockburn's home town, Petrolia, California, according to the marketing firm CACI <http://www.demographics.caci.com/Free/data.html>
Petrolia U.S. 1999 Population by Race White: 93.4% 78.0% Black: 0.3% 12.5% Asian Pacific Islander: 1.4% 3.8% Other: 4.9% 5.7% 1999 Population by Gender Male: 55.5% 49.0% Female: 44.5% 51.0%
CACI classifies zip codes into cute marketing categories. Here's their description of Petrolia's type:
Dominant ACORN: 7D (Prairie Farmers)
>Vast and scenic, these neighborhoods encompass thousands of acres,
>but less than 1% of the U.S. population. This population is aging
>and decreasing in size. Practical and conservative, they are
>top-ranked for having 2+ cars, taking personal domestic trips (in
>the Midwest by car), and using commercial banks. Their top-ranked
>activity is hunting and fishing and they are likely to own pets.
>
Well, so much for ACORN. The most common job in that area was "working in the woods" as people there called it. That means lumbering. Today, I don't know, maybe it is marijuana growing.
In the sixties this was one of my favorite places. There is a fine sandy beach nearby that is still unspoiled where the Cape Mendocino lighthouse used to be. The area is very isolated, with only a blacktop county road winding through the Coast Range villages.
I'm green with envy that Cockburn is able to live there. I had my eye on that place myself, but never made it.