With Lynette Mullen, Historian
Learn about the history of opioid addiction, Humboldt’s opium dens, morphine “fiends,” and laudanum users, attitudes toward addiction and drug dealers, early treatment options, and more. Also hear about William Whaley, an Arcata boy who ran the biggest international opium smuggling gang in the 1890s.
This class is also being offered online on April 18.
Sat., March 18 • 2-4 p.m.
THIS CLASS IS CANCELED.
Lynette Mullen
Lynette Mullen is an independent project manager and local historian. Her accidental discovery of historic documents, which described the brutal murder of a young mother in the presence of her children in Arcata in 1862, fostered an obsession with the settlement period in Northern California. Her research has since expanded and has been shared in articles, presentations, a TedX talk and multiple OLLI courses.
