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.

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