"[3] Arcata was a trans-shipment point from boats to pack trains for interior mines.

In the early 1860s, a ferry was maintained where the main road crossed the Mad River (California) at Essex.

The injured woman claimed she saw at least one white man painted to look like an Indian.

He and a party of 30 to 40 soldiers were charged with "preventing the murder by Indians of any more citizens in that vicinity.

"[5] A bronze tablet in a bus turnaround marks the location of Camp Curtis.