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In 1881, the Korbel brothers, Antone, Frank, and Joseph Korbel [4] of Sonoma County, California acquired the Arcata and Mad River Railroad.They extended the railroad up the North Fork Mad River, where they built the Humboldt Lumber Company sawmill in 1883 with a company town for worker housing.
Korbel, Humboldt County, California; Korbel, Sonoma County, California This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 03:40 (UTC). Text is available ...
The NWP consolidated about half of the Humboldt County rail lines. [4]: 33 In 1925, the logging rail gauge and the Heisler locomotives were changed to 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, although the original narrow gauge remained until the closing of the Korbel Riverside mill rendered it redundant. [2]
One story says that the Indians respected this tall, straight redwood, calling it a great warrior and that shooting it was a form of respect. The other tale is that it marks war between the Hoopa and Korbel tribes. The Korbel won and afterwards Indians passing the tree would put an arrow into it, to show they arrived in peace. [2]
Location of Humboldt County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Humboldt County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Humboldt County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are ...
Maple Creek (formerly, Maplecreek) [2] is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Korbel, [2] at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m). [1] A post office operated at Maple Creek from 1886 to 1923. [2]
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Iaqua - follow a line east from Centerville - on an 1866 map. Iaqua (also, Jaqua) is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. [1] It was located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Kneeland.