DT Data Page #: 9

Newspaper: Weekly Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date: 6/21/1888

Page #: 3

Item Type: Lighting, Land work

Place: Freshwater Slough Fields Landing

Text: Harris Merces has taken the contract erecting the buildings + wharf at the new tannery about to be erected on Freshwater Slough. The steam shovel of the Eureka + EK RW RR company which is digging in the bluff near Fields Landing, recently displaced the skeleton of an Indian who had been buried on the top of the hill.

Key Words: Harris Merce, Contract For Erecting Buildings + Wharf, Steam Shovel Digging In Bluff, Displaced Skeleton Of Indian.

Microfilm Call # : MF 10