DT Data Page #

30

Newspaper

Daily Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date

1/3/1878

Page #

3

Item Type

Description

Place

Eureka

Text

Good description of Eureka. There's a continuous series of docks from H to A streets and from Vances Mill to the Occidental Mill. The distance by water from S.F.= 246 miles. By land = 300 miles. 27 hours by ship. There is a list of the lumber mills operating around the bay. Population at Eureka area is 6,000. County population ~ 17 to 20,000. Two streams are making weekly trips to SF.

Key Words

Eureka, Description

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