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Skeleton unearthed on Rittenhouse Property as area was Indian burial ground

DT Data Page #: 
415
Newspaper: 
Humboldt Times
Newspaper Date: 
2/21/1925
Page #: 
9
Column: 
5
Item Type: 
Land use
Place: 
Blue Lake
TEXT: 
Blue Lake. While Gus Nelson was preparing to move an old building on his place ( better known as the Rittenhouse property ) the workman unearthed a skeleton of a young person. It's though this spot was an Indian burial ground long before white men settled here.
Key Words: 
Skeleton, Unearthed, Indian Burial Ground, Gus Nelson