[1] It is located on the Eel River 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northwest of Alderpoint,[2] at an elevation of 328 feet (100 m).

[2] A military camp called Fort Seward[3] was established during the Bald Hills War on September 25, 1861, by Major Charles S. Lovell following a series of skirmishes with the Indians along the Eel River.

It was built on the location recommended by Lieutenant Joseph B. Collins, U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment: Fort Seward was decommissioned in 1862.

[2] It was later the site where the captured Lassic Wailaki leader during the Bald Hills War and his men were killed by local militiamen in January 1863.

[2] Fort Seward was served by passenger service on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad until 1971.