Crannell, California

[5] A 1925 map of Crannell presents the various saw and planning mills, as well as dams and blockades on the Little River for logging transport.

[7] When Northwestern Pacific Railroad terminated service north of Arcata in 1933, their line through Fieldbrook was abandoned.

[4] A portion of the former Humboldt Northern Railway grade through McKinleyville was converted to the Hammond Trail.

[3] Worker housing was razed in 1969, but the site remained in use as an equipment storage and maintenance base for forestry operations of subsequent landowners.

[3] Simpson Timber Company purchased the property on June 30, 1998, from Robert Lee and Patti Balke, whose family owned the land and lived there since the 1800s.

Little River Redwood Company, Crannell.
Map of Crannell (lower right) in 1945
Humboldt County map