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182

Newspaper

Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date

11/13/1949

Page #

9

Item Type

Article

Place

Humboldt Bay

Text

Article by Genezoli on the discovery of Humboldt Bay by the crew of the General Morgan. This is the small group that anchored off Eel River, landed a small boat on the Eel sand spit. Rowed up Waite Slough. Crossed Table Bluff to the bay and rowed to Humboldt Point; then north up Mad River Slough where tied up & walked to Trinidad. They ended up back on their main vessel; sailed to the mouth of Humboldt Bay; got into on argument with the Capt. re: the risk of trying to sail into the bay on a flood tide; sailed back to S.F. by April 2, 1850. A second group organized & engagel the small Baltimore pilot boat, the Eclipse, & left SF on 4/20/1850 for Humboldt Bay. On the morning of 5/5/1850. They observed a vessel inside the bay. The Eclipse finally sailed into the bay & found the Laura Virginia anchored at Humboldt Point. The Laura Virginia crew had already been joined by a group that had come overland from Sonoma & had located at Arcata.

Key Words

Genzoli, Discovery Humboldt Bay, General Morgan

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