Redwood History Basic Data

ENDNOTES

1. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, pp. 67-68.

2. Dept. of the Interior Rept., March 17, 1853, U.S. House, Executive Documents, Serial 688, Doc. 4, p. 181; Preemption Claims, Klamath County, 1851-1853, p. 13; "Official Map of Humboldt County, California, Compiled and Drawn by Stanley Forbes, 1886"; "Topographical Map of the Trail from Fort Gaston to Stone Lagoon, Calif.," drawn from field notes made on a scout commanded by E. B. Savage, Capt. 8th Inft., by Lt. R. H. Wilson, Febry. 1879; "Map of Humboldt County, California, 1888, by J. N. Lentell"; Map, General Land Office, Township No.10 North, Range No.2 East, Humboldt Meridian, Dec. 30, 1882.

3. George Gibbs, Journal of the Expedition of Colonel Redick M'Kee, United States Indian Agent Through Northwestern California (Philadelphia, 1860), p. 135.

4. Alta California, May 22 and July 1, 1850, and Feb. 12, 1851.

5. Coy, The Humboldt Bay Region, p. 69.

6. John Daggett, "Reminiscences of a Pioneer," Scrapbook, p. 5, California State Library, Calif. Section.

7. "Official Map of Humboldt County, California," Compiled by J. N. Lentell, 1898.

8. Sacramento Daily Union, July 8, 1853.

9. "Mail Routes, Ark., Calif., Ill., Iowa, Kan., Ky., Mo., Neb., Nev., N. Mex., Tenn., Tex., and Utah, 1858-1862," Library P. O. D., pp. 238-239, NA, NNR/68—724. Denny was to leave Trinidad on Tuesdays at 6 a.m. and to reach Crescent City by 3 p.m. the next day. He would depart Crescent City on Thursdays at 6 a.m. and reach Trinidad at 3 p.m. the following day. On July 1, 1863, the route was shortened by 18 miles to extend from Trinidad to Crescent City. Denny was again the low bidder, securing the route for $1,500.

10. Broadus to Smith, Feb. 20, 1875, NA, RG 75, 01A, ltrs. Recd., Calif. Supt. John Broaddus was agent in charge of the Hoopa Valley Reservation.

11. Ibid.

12. Official Map of Humboldt County, California—1886; Map of Humboldt County, California—1888.

13. McBeth, Lower Klamath Country, p. 54.

14. Ibid., p. 56.

15. Ibid.

16. Del Norte Record, Nov. 19, 1881. Johnston and his wife lived near the county line, and kept a stopping place for travelers on the Trinidad-Klamath trail. Taking advantage of their preemption rights, they secured possession of much of the range land between the Klamath and Orick. McBeth, Lower Klamath Country, p. 58.

17. Doris Chase, They Pushed Back the Forest, (Sacramento, 1959), p. 32.

18. Mill Creek was crossed in the southeast quarter of Section 19, Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Humboldt Meridian.

19. Map, General Land Office, Township No. 16 North, Range No. 2 East, Humboldt Meridian, Oct. 17, 1884.

20. Chase, They Pushed Back the Forest, pp. 30-31; General Land Office Maps: Township 16 North, Range 1 West, 1856; Township 16 North, Range 1 East, 1878; Township 17 North, Range 1 East, 1884.

21. Chase, They Pushed Back the Forest, pp. 30-32.

22. General Land Office Maps: Township 11 North, Range 1 East, 1882; Township 12 North, Range 2 East, 1889.

23. Humboldt County, California, The Land of Unrivaled Undeveloped Natural Resources on the Westernmost Rim of the American Continent (Eureka, 1915), p. 29.

24. Bledsoe, History of Del Norte County, pp. 24-25; Esther R. Smith, The History of Del Norte County, California (Oakland, 1953), pp. 27-28.

25. Bledsoe, History of Del Norte, p. 26; Smith, History of Del Norte County, pp. 27-28.

26. Bledsoe, History of Del Norte, p. 49.

27. Ibid.; Smith, History of Del Norte County, p. 27-28. The company's board of directors, elected on June 4, 1857, were: J. W. Stateler, John A. Baxter, F. E. Weston, David Price, D. C. Dewis, E. Y. Naylor, and J. G. Wall.

28. Bledsoe, History of Del Norte, p. 52.

29. Ibid., p. 61; Smith, History of Del Norte County, p. 28.

30. Chase, They Pushed Back the Forest, pp. 35-40.

31. "Mail Routes, Ark., Calif., Ill., Iowa., Kan., Ky., Mo., Neb., N. Mex., Tenn., Tex., and Utah, 1858-1862, "Library F. O. D., pp. 226-227, NA, NNR/68—724. The mail carrier was to depart Crescent City at 6 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, and to leave Waldo on the return trip at 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. George F. Johnson of Crescent City took over the route from Husbands on April 1, 1863.

32. Robert J. Jenkins, Del Norte County as It Is . . . (Crescent City, 1894), pp. 26-28.

33. General Land Office Maps: Township 16 North, Range 1 West, 1856; Township 17 North, Range 1 East.

34. Ernie Coan, "Horace Gasquet: Del Norte's Early Multi-Purpose Man," Del Norte Triplicate, Centennial Edition, 1954.

35. Ibid.

36. Chase, They Pushed Back the Forest, p. 41. Until the plank road was opened in the early 1890s, across the Mill Creek bottom, Gasquet Flats was reached from Crescent City via the Cold Spring Mountain Trail. The trail to Gasquet branched off from that trail at Catching's Ferry and ascended the left bank of Smith River. The road, when built, followed the same alignment as the trail. General Land Office Maps: Town ship 16 North, Range 1 East; Township 17 North, Range 1 East.

37. Del Norte Record, Oct. 22, 1887.

38. McBeth, Lower Klamath Country, p. 58.

39. Del Norte Record, Oct. 12, 1889.

40. Ibid.

41. Ibid., Nov. 9, 1889.

42. Ibid., March 14, 1891.

43. Ibid., March 28, 1891

44. Ibid., Sept. 19 & Oct. 3, 1891.

45. Ibid., Jan. 10, 1894.

46. Ibid., May 5 & July 7, 1894. Frank Bosch signed the first contract to carry passengers, freight, and mail over the Crescent City-Requa portion of the road, while Burr McConnaha ran the stage line from Trinidad to Requa. Mrs. Elsie Bosch, Humboldt County Historical Society, 10, No. 2.

47. McBeth, Lower Klamath Country, pp. 60-61.

48. Ibid., p. 61; Del Norte Triplicate, Centennial Edition (1954), pp. 3A & 6 AA.

49. Map of Del Norte County, California, June 1918; California State Parks, Del Norte Park, Key Map, Olmsted Brothers, June 1931; Official Map of Humboldt County, California, Lentell, 1898; Denny's Official Map of the County of Humboldt, California, 1911; Personal Interview, Bearss with Ray Chaffey, April 26, 1969. Ray Chaffee, of the High Prairie Creek Community, has lived in the area for over 50 years.

50. Humboldt County, California, The Land of Unrivaled Undeveloped Natural Resources, p. 29.

51. McBeth, Lower Klamath Country, pp. 61-62.

52. California State Parks, Del Norte Park, Key Map, Olmsted Bros., June 1931; California Highway Bulletin, Oct. 15, 1912, 1, No. 1, p. 3; Ltr., E. Thomas to Bearss, July 30, 1969. E. Thomas is Assistant District Engineer, State of California—Transportation Division.

53. Ibid.

54. Del Norte Triplicate, Centennial Edition, 1954, p. 5-B.

55. Crescent City Courier, Aug. 26, 1876.

56. Ibid., Oct. 2, 1876.

57. Ibid., Sept. 23, 1876.

58. Tucker to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, April 11, 1878, NA, RG 75, 01A, Ltrs. Recd., Calif. Supt.

59. Secretary of the Interior to Tucker, May 13, 1878, NA, RG 75, 01A, Ltrs. Recd., Calif. Supt.

60. Crescent City Courier, Jan. 29, 1887.

61. Ibid., July 21, 1888.

62. Ibid., June 21, 1890.

63. Ibid., Sept. 27, 1890.

64. Del Norte Record, Dec. 28, 1895.

65. Del Norte Triplicate, May 9, 1919.

66. McBeth, Lower Klamath Country, p. 54.

67. Ibid., pp. 62-65.

68. Del Norte Triplicate, Dec. 25, 1964.

69. General Land Office Maps, Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Humboldt Meridian, for 1878 and 1884.

70. General Land Office Map, Township 17 North, Range 1 East, 1884.

71. Del Norte Triplicate, Centennial Edition, 1954, p. 2-F.

72. Smith, History of Del Norte County, pp. 29-30.

73. Ibid., pp. 30-31.

74. Ibid., p. 31.

75. Ibid., p. 32.

76. Ibid.

77. Ibid., p. 33.

78. Ibid., p. 34.