Young's Ferry, California

Young's Ferry was a settlement in Klamath County on the Klamath River down stream from Weitchpec and McDonald's Ferry.[1] On May 19, 1855 it was described by the Weekly Humboldt Times as being on the upstream boundary of the proposed Klamath River Indian Reservation, that was to be along the Klamath River from there to the Pacific Ocean.[2] The site is now within Humboldt County.

References
  1. Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1867, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1868; p.128
  2. Kimberly A. Johnston-Dodds, BEARING ARCHIVAL WITNESS TO EURO-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AGAINST CALIFORNIA INDIANS, 1847-1866, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, 2009; p.123 citing Weekly Humboldt Times May 19, 1855, p. 2, col. 1


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