In response to this 1978 bill, a massive old growth redwood log was carved into a 9-ton peanut by Orick residents and delivered to the White House that year, with a sign proclaiming ...

Alas, the Carter White House rejected the peanut. It was trucked back to the Humboldt County hamlet of Orick, where, for nearly half a century, it stood unmarked in a gas station parking lot ...