The opium-trading brig Frolic wrecked on a reef north of Point Cabrillo, a few miles from what is now Mendocino in 1850.

Agents of Henry Meiggs investigated the wreck for salvageable cargo but found that anything of value had already been taken by the local Pomo people, possibly coming from Buldam near modern Mendocino.

[4] However, their investigation led to the discovery of the coast redwood forests of the Mendocino area and the beginning of the timber trade that would drive the local economy for decades.

[7] Dr. Thomas Layton has donated a vast collection to the Mendocino County Museum to add to its own collection The wreckage of the Frolic was supposedly rediscovered in 1984 and was the subject of a 2003 episode of the History Channel series Deep Sea Detectives entitled "Gold Rush Disaster: The Frolic".

[8] Media related to Frolic (brig) at Wikimedia Commons This article about a property in California on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.