Historical information to follow....
Awfully muddy, precariously ledged and going nowhere in particular: the rise and fall of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad - Joshua Buck Why were the train tracks run under the Scotia Bluffs rather than through Rio Dell - thereby dooming the future of rail service to Humboldt County?
Our Doomed Railroad: deadly bluffs, blunderous engineering and the avaricious founder of Rio Dell -- a train catastrophe foretold - Lost Coast Journal
A Case of Noncompliance: the prohibition period in Humboldt County 1919-1933 - Stephan Seely
This is at the Start of Painter Street. It's a point of destination for kids from Humboldt State University. While I was on a walk, a car load of people had me take their picture posing in the front of these guys. I think the driftwood was dressed differently though... Steve :-) |