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 Fort Humboldt State Historic Park - Eureka, CA Posted by:  DougK
N 40° 46.528 W 124° 11.334
10T E 399672 N 4514512
Fort Humboldt SHP is situated on a bluff overlooking Humboldt Bay. It has two museums, and open air displays of historic 19th-mid 20th century logging equipment.
Waymark Code: WMHJ1P
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2013
Views: 7
In the 1980's the Surgeon’s Quarters was reconstructed and there are plans for its establishment as a period house museum. In 2001 an historic herb and vegetable garden was recreated adjacent to the Hospital. The park also includes a Logging Museum and open air displays of historic 19th-mid 20th century logging equipment including the Dolbeer Steam Donkey; “Lucy,” the Bear Harbor Lumber Company’s Gypsy Locomotive #1; and the Elk River Mill and Lumber Company’s #1 “Falk” locomotive. Source: ( visit link)
Park Type: Day Use, Historic
Activities:
historic and reconstructed buildings;
the Fort Museum
Logging Museum.
on-site Bookstore
outdoor logging machinery displays
picnic tables on a grassy bluff overlooking Humboldt Bay
public restrooms.
Park Fees: Not listed
Background:
This remote military post was established in 1853 to assist in conflict resolution between Native Americans and gold-seekers and settlers who had begun flooding into the area after the discovery of gold in the northern mines. Later, Fort Humboldt would become the headquarters for the Humboldt Military District, which included Forts Bragg and Wright in northern Mendocino County, extending north through Humboldt County to Fort Ter-Waw in Klamath and Camp Lincoln near present-day Crescent City.
It was during its first few years that Fort Humboldt was home to one of its most famous residents, the young Captain Ulysses S. Grant. After being decorated for bravery in the Mexican-American war, he was posted to several locations including Fort Vancouver in the Pacific Northwest. The isolation of Fort Humboldt did not appeal to Grant, and after serving as commanding officer of Company F for six months, resigned his commission.
Fort Humboldt was formally abandoned in 1870 and rapidly fell into decay. Today, only the hospital building remains of the original fourteen structures. It is now an historical museum dedicated to telling the story of the Fort and the Native American groups, including the Wiyot, Hoopa and Yurok of this region.
Date Established?: 1980s
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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