[1] The townsite was laid out in 1850 by David A. Buck who was a member of the Josiah Gregg party that explored the bay in 1849.

[3] Fort Humboldt was founded on the bluff over Bucksport in 1853 under the command of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robert C.

[5] Bucksport was a separate community in the 19th century, before better port facilities and political dominance gave the then northern town of Eureka predominance.

[6] John Dolbeer and William Carson were among the most successful of the early sawmill operators on Humboldt Bay.

[7] Dolbeer and Carson had cut most of their Elk River timber by 1895, but the railroad remained Falk's primary means of shipping lumber and receiving supplies.

When the Falk sawmill ceased operations in 1937, the Heisler was sold to Mutual Plywood Company where it was repowered with a diesel engine, and has been preserved in that form.