Searching for childhood memories

[frosty]

Hi, my name is Forrest Anderson and I live in humboldt county California, am looking for information for a hiking trip I am planning. I went hiking when I was a kid and found an old lumber camp from the early logging years, and I am searching for historical maps to freshen my memory as to the exact location. I want to hike in to it again and I want to make sure I know where I'm going. It is in the Pacific northwest California area. Close to Eureka California. I don't know the name of the railroad but I do know the area. It is in the area behind Freshwater California, Humboldt County. Used to be called Wrangletown in the 1800's. There is a lot of old tressels and rails and old buildings where I guessed the loggers ate. I also remember that there was a place called the little incline and the big incline where they had to use steam donkies to hall the logs up the incline. It is a real cool spot that I want to go exploring. If anyone has historic maps of this area I sure would appreciate it if I could look at them. I think the name of the spot is Camp 12. If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated, thankyou

 

[thehighwayman]

Hi, my name is Forrest Anderson and I live in humboldt county California, am looking for information for a hiking trip I am planning. I went hiking when I was a kid and found an old lumber camp from the early logging years, and I am searching for historical maps to freshen my memory as to the exact location. I want to hike in to it again and I want to make sure I know where I'm going. It is in the Pacific northwest California area. Close to Eureka California. I don't know the name of the railroad but I do know the area. It is in the area behind Freshwater California, Humboldt County. Used to be called Wrangletown in the 1800's. There is a lot of old tressels and rails and old buildings where I guessed the loggers ate. I also remember that there was a place called the little incline and the big incline where they had to use steam donkies to hall the logs up the incline. It is a real cool spot that I want to go exploring. If anyone has historic maps of this area I sure would appreciate it if I could look at them. I think the name of the spot is Camp 12. If anyone has any ideas they would be greatly appreciated, thankyou

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