Redwood
History Basic Data
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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Historical Base Map (1828-1969) (click on
image for an enlargement in a new window)
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Historical Base Map (1857-1969) (click on
image for an enlargement in a new window)
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"Map of the Klamath Reservation, by D.
C. Lewis, Crescent City, 1857." Courtesy Cartographic Branch,
National Archives.
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"Topographical Map of the Trail from
Fort Gaston to Stone Lagoon, Cal., drawn from field notes made on a
scout commanded by E. B. Savage, Capt. 8th Inf. by Lt. R. H. Wilson,
Feby. 1979." Courtesy Cartographic Branch, National Archives.
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"Official Map of Humboldt County,
California, Compiled and Drawn by Stanly Forbes, 1886." Courtesy
California State Library, California Section.
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"Map of Humboldt County, California,
1888, by J. N. Lentell." Courtesy Library of Congress.
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"Map of Del Norte County, California,
published by Harry M. Malpas, County Surveyor, 1915." Courtesy
California State Library, California Section.
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"Lagoon & Mining Flumes on Gold Bluff,"
from Elliott, History of Humboldt County, California. Courtesy
California State Library.
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"Cove, Flume & Res. of John
Chapman, Gold Bluff," from Elliott, History of Humboldt County,
California. Courtesy California State Library.
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"Old Mining Camp, near Fern Canyon,"
circa 1900. Courtesy of Supt. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
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"Sketch of Fort Ter-Waw, Spring of
1862." by G. E. Young. Courtesy Library of Congress.
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Howland Hill-Gasquet Road, circa 1900.
This photograph taken of a section of the road on Mill Creek. From
Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Smith River Stage, circa 1900. From
Richard A. Childs Collection.
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"Crescent City-Requa Stage," circa
1910, from Scotton, Del Norte County, California. Courtesy
California State Library.
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Crescent City-Trinidad Road, 1925.
These photographs were taken in today's Del Norte Coast Redwoods
State Park. Courtesy California State Highway Commission.
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Crescent City-Trinidad Road, 1925. These
photographs were taken in today's Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. California
State Highway Commission.
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Requa Ferry, circa 1915. From
Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Construction of Redwood Highway
along the Cliffs South of Cushing Creek, Del Norte County,
California, circa 1922. From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Ox Team, Bull Puncher, and Skid Road
at For Dick, circa 1895. From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Horse Team Pulling a "Car" on a Pole
Road. Small logs served as rails for the log cars. From The Titans.
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Peeling logs, circa 1900. Today
the redwood logs are peeled by caterpillar and growser, barked
at the mill, or by the old method. Redwoods must be barked before
being sawed. Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Dolbeer Spool Donkey, Fort Dick Area,
shows engineer tending the spool, circa 1895. Richard A. Childs
Collection.
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A Dolbeer Spool Donkey, with Bull
Donkey in the background, Fort Dick area, circa 1900. The Bull
Donkey was used in Del Norte County until the 1920s, and the
Dolbeer Spool Donkey by Hobbs, Wall loggers until 1939. Richard
A. Childs Collection.
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Type of Car by Hobbs, Wall in the Fort
Dick area before 1910. This car was known as a "disconnected truck."
After 1910 Hobbs-Wall used "Bobby" and "Kimble" cars. Richard A.
Childs Collection.
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Trestle on Del Norte & Southern Railroad.
This trestle was on the Seven Percent Grade. Note the stumps used for pilings.
If the trestles were built of redwoods the timbers were salvaged and sawed into
lumber when the railroad was abandoned. If spruce were used in the construction,
the timbers were not salvaged. Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Trestle on Del Norte & Southern
Railroad. This trestle was on the Seven Percent Grade. Note the slash
in the background, circa 1915. From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Locomotive "R. V. Hume," near mouth of
Smith River. This locomotive was built by Globe-Iron Works, and was
purchased by Hobb Wall in 1906 and used by that Company until 1925. From
Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Hobbs, Wall Camp No. 10, from Howland
Hill, circa 1915. Note camp and right-of-way of Del Norte & Southern
Railroad. Richard A. Childs Collection.
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View of site of Camp No. 10, from
Howland Hill, taken after the abandonment of the camp. Note
right-of-way of Del Norte & Southern Railroad. Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Rows of Bunkhouses in Camp No. 12-2.
This camp operated from 1921 to 1939 and it is currently the site of
Rellim Redwood Co.'s Mill Creek Nursery.
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"Rules and Regulations, Mill Department,"
Hobbs, Wall & Co., circa 1890. From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Hobbs, Wall Mill, No. 1, circa 1910. Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Crew at J. Wenger & Co.'s Mill,
circa 1900. Richard A. Childs Collection.
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Log Dump, Hobbs, Wall Mill. The logs
are being dumped off the cars with jackscrews. By 1915 this operation
had been replaced, and the logs were pulled off the cars with capstans.
From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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"Del Norte Salmon Cannery, Requa, Cal.,"
circa 1915. From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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View of Requa, California, circa 1913,
photograph by Hazeltine. From Richard A. Childs Collection.
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"Salmon Fishing at the Mouth of
Klamath River, Requa, California," photograph by Hazeltine, 1913. From
Richard A. Childs Collection.
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"Louis DeMartin's Dairy Ranch at
Mouth of Wilson Creek" from Jenkins, Del Norte County As It
Is. Courtesy California State Library.
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"Wreck of Steamer Queen Christinia,"
off Point St. George, December 12, 1908. From Richard A. Childs
Collection.
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Hulk of Tanker Emidio, Crescent
City Harbor, December 1941-January 1942. From Richard A. Childs
Collection.
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H. H. Alexander's Dairy Ranch. The barn
is still standing. From Jenkins, Del Norte County As It Is . . .
(Crescent City, 1894).
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