*** Source: History and Business Directory of Humboldt County, Lillie E. Hamm, November 1890, Eureka, Cal. *** ---page 039--- [ad] Pianos and Organs LATEST ASSORTMENT SHEET MUSIC J. E. Mathews [ad] HISTORY OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY 39 upper end of the Van Duzen Valley to Bridgeville, a distance of twenty miles, the hills come down in places to the edge of the river, the bottom land lying in patches on both sides of the stream. In the valley of Eel river and its tributaries there is an aggregate of about 100,000 acres of bottom land, and no where in the world can a more fertile section of country be found. The soil has been formed by sedimenttary deposits, and ranges in depth from one to fifteen feet. It produces abundant crops, and can not be excelled as clover land. The valley is divided into small farms and dairies, and in a few years' time, when it becomes entirely cleared of its brush and patches of timber, it will be the paradise of Northern California. As you travel up the valley, the climate becomes perceptibly warmer, the climate of what is known as the Upper Valley being sufficiently warm to render it one of the best fruit-raising counties in the State. REDWOOD California's Monarch of the Forest The Vast Lumber Interests of Humboldt County [Drawing of Redwood tree not included.] THERE are many places in California known as the redwoods, but in reality the redwoods of Humboldt county are alone worthy of the name--just as there are many silvas or woods in the world, but the silvas or woods of the Maranon or Amazon are the only ones that take their place in a map of any continent. The redwoods of Humboldt county cover the following area: ACRES. Humboldt Bay...125,000 Eel River...100,000 Van Duzen and Yager...75,000 Redwood Creek...100,000 Little River...40,000 Mad River...30,000 New Trinidad...40,000 --- Total...510,000 This makes up a little over one-fifth the total area of the county and represents and immense quantity of lumber. There are single trees that yield 50,000 feet, and acres [ad] Gibbard & Lever Do All Styles of Upholstering AND Repairing PIONEER B'DG Cor. 3d & H St [ad] ---end---