Images reflect everyday life and hardships, local residents and homes, vacations, trips into the surrounding forest, and Pacific Lumber Company's mill and work operations, between the years of 1908 and 1913.
The Neil Photo Album is available for viewing at library of Humboldt State Polytechnic University's Special Collections.
[11] During the mid-to-late 19th century, Scotia was one of numerous company towns established across the Pacific Northwest, many of which closed during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
PALCO announced in 2006 a desire to sell the homes (to the employees and retirees who lived there) and commercial property.
The company suggested that Scotia become part of Rio Dell, a small neighboring town located directly across the Eel River.
Additionally, the need for employees at the lumber mill had fallen from over 1,000 to around 300, due in part to automation and a shortage of timber.
[12] On January 18, 2007, PALCO filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code.
Under the plan, the active Scotia sawmill facilities and other ancillary office buildings were to be transfered to a second reorganized entity, Humboldt Redwood Company (HRC) in which Marathon and MRC both have interests (United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division as "Case No.
[13] The Town of Scotia LLC has pursued a General Plan Amendment/ Zone Reclassification and Final Map Subdivision application.
Subdivision requires fulfillment of conditions of approval which include formation of a community services district or other public entity to manage utilities.
The purpose of the subdivision is to create individual parcels for existing residential and commercial properties, and public facilities.
The proposed subdivision would allow for the sale of residential and commercial lots (all of which are currently owned and operated by the Town of Scotia LLC) to individual property owners.
Local environmental organizations are pressuring RCEA to not renew its contract with the plant in 2031 over air quality and climate change concerns.
The Fisheries Center allows visitors to view various types of the area's native fish and experience a setting that is remarkably similar to their natural environment.
[18] The redwood structure's design evokes a Tyrolean Swiss chalet with exposed wooden beams.
[24] The record cold measured in Scotia was 17 °F (−8 °C)[24] with strong inversion from the surrounding hills in winter being infrequent.
[24] On June 19, 1977, a Rockwell Commander plane piloted by Norman Wascher crashed in woods near Scotia, not long after takeoff from Murray Field in Eureka, bound for Oxnard.
[27][28] Robin Lee Wascher, one of the couple's three daughters, was the air traffic controller on duty during the 1991 Los Angeles airport runway collision in 1991.