I have had these map copies around for a while. I believe i originally copied them from the Dept. of Natural Resources office on L Street in Eureka– they have a nice collection of maps and photos there, sorted into drawers by community. Denny’s is a great map because it’s so detailed, and as far as i can find, quite reliable.
The usual instructions: Find any general map-use guidelines you might need from this previous post. Also, as in all these map series i will put up, the areas overlap as they travel upstream, then back to the King Range coastline. Click and enlarge for detail, or use your control/+ function to go in until the pixels become annoying.
More maps to come, in the coming weeks or months… stay tuned!
Laura, I cannot thank you enough for posting all of these maps online like you have. I have alerted a number of history buffs to the fact.
This is a huge service to researchers and the public.
Laura, I have just discovered your site, thanks to olmanriver and Mark Bryant. A great resource for historians. As a surveyor and historical researcher, I have copies of all these maps including an original 54″ x 72″ original of the Doolittle 1911 map which used to hang on the wall of the Holmes Eureka office where the Bayshore Mall now stands. I refer to them often. Maps are a terrific research tool for a number of reasons, but some knowledge of how they were made is essential when using them for historical research. For Example, when the 1865 Doolittle map was made, very few of the townships depicted on it had actually been surveyed on the ground in the outlying areas, despite the fact that Doolittle showed them on the 1865 map. Notice how neat and square all of the sections and townships are depicted. They do not appear that way on present day maps because they were not always surveyed that precisely on the ground. Government land surveys and patenting of land began in earnest in the 1870s. When utilizing maps made prior to the turn of the century for historical research where geographical precision is important, it is best to augment the maps with original government survey plats and notes from BLM. The Bancroft Library map room at UC Berkeley is also a good source of early local maps, including some made by U.S. Army cartographers and the US Coast Survey. Keep up the good work