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Wagon road of 1858

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