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Books about the History of Humboldt County California
A History of the
Mattole Valley by W.E. Rosco --1940--
The Indian population was very numerous in Mattole
Valley. The Indians had never seen white men before and
fled in terror at the sight of Mr. Hill's party. The
Hill expedition made the Mattole Valley known to the
settlers of the Lower Eel River Valley and Humboldt Bay
Section. If tradition is to be trusted, other white men
came into the Valley in 1855 and 1856. There they
selected land taking possession under a squatter's
right. There farming commenced in earnest in 1858.
Among the settlers who located there during this time
was Albert G. Lafferty born in Arkansas. .
[Albert Glenvlle/Glenfield Lafferty born May 1930
Independence county, Arkansas.]
Submitted to
Genealogy Trails by Mary Wilson
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