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The gold rush in the trinity Region brings thousands of immigrants to Humboldt County. Most of them buy Redwood lumber to build houses, causing the sale of Redwood Lumber to increase dramatically.
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The Laura Virginia, captained by Douglas Ottinger, finds the entrance to Humboldt Bay. Founders christen the Bay “Humboldt” after the popular naturalist and author Baron Alexander von Humboldt. (this leads to the discovery of the Redwood trees) The founding of Humboldt City, and the towns of Union (now Arcata) and Eureka soon followed.
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Industrial logging era begins, transforming the area around the Redwoods into a thriving civilization.
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first "really successful mill in the county is established by James T. Ryan and James Duff."
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from 1855 to 1888, about 2,500,000,000 feet of lumber is being milled, a value of around 40,000,000 dollars.
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in 1857, nine saw mills are open in total, which produces two million feet of lumber monthly.
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By 1860 Humboldt is the second ranking California county in production of lumber, sawing 30,000,000 feet per year. In Humboldt the principal lumber sawed is redwood, spruce, and fir, and small quantities of cedar.
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one of the most successful mills in is Humboldt destroyed by a fire
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Railroads are starting to transport redwood trees instead of the traditional ox and sled. This speeds up the proccess of transporting trees from the forest to the mills, Railroad tracks themselves needed a significant amount of redwood for strong beams and tracks.
