DT Data Page #: 11

Newspaper: Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date: 7/26/1958

Page #: 9

Item Type: Road

Place: Crescent City Sailors Diggins

Text: A wagon road was opened in 1858 from Crescent City to the mining camps in Oregon. Road went to Sailors Diggins, 3 miles east to Waldo. The road crossed Smith River at the Peacock Place. Old camp Lincoln is now (1958) known as the Finley Ranch.

Key Words: Sailors Diggins, Wagon, Road, Mining Camps, History

Microfilm Call # : MF 10