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Klamath County was a county of California from 1851 to 1874. During its existence, the county seat moved twice and ultimately portions of the territory it once had were carved up and added to nearby counties. It was formed from the northwestern portion of Trinity County, and originally included all of the northwestern part of the state, from the Mad River in the south to Oregon in the north, from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the middle of what is now Siskiyou County in the east. It is the only county in California to be disestablished.
The Hupa are a Native American people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in northwestern California. Their endonym is dining’xine:wh for Hupa-language speakers in general, and na:tinixwe for residents of Hoopa Valley, also spelled Natinook-wa, meaning "People of the Place Where the Trails Return". The Karuk name for them is Kishákeevar / Kishakeevra. The majority of the tribe is enrolled in the federally recognized Hoopa Valley Tribe.
Atsepar, also spelled Otsepor is a former Yurok settlement in Humboldt County, California. Kroeber maps it on the Klamath River south of the confluence of Bluff Creek and the Klamath, but above the confluence with the Trinity River. Waterman placed it on the Klamath, 1/2 mile south of the mouth of Bluff creek.
Johnsons is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Klamath River 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Weitchpec, at an elevation of 180 feet.
Loolego is a former Yurok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located on the Lower Klamath River 2 mi (3.2 km) above the fork with the Trinity River. T. T. Waterman noted that the name, Lo'-o-le'-go, translates to "where they build a fish weir." It was about 2 miles upstream of the confluence of the Klamath and Trinity rivers and must at one time have been a substantial settlement because the inhabitants were public performers at the deerskin ceremony at wē-itspūs. 30 years before his 1909 visit, there had been two house pits and a sweat lodge foundation, but hydraulic placer mining had washed away the soil down to bedrock in the 1880s. Sherburne F. Cook wrote that the population of Loolego declined rapidly after white settlement.
Maple Creek is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. It is located 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Korbel, at an elevation of 528 feet.
Mettah is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located 10 miles (16 km) east of Orick and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Johnsons, at an elevation of 207 feet (63 m).
Notchko is a locality in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Klamath River 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Johnsons, at an elevation of 151 feet (46 m). It is located on the Yurok Indian Reservation and was a significant Yurok burial site for generations; like many locales in the area, it was heavily damaged in the Christmas flood of 1964, with the remaining residents being offered sub-standard replacement housing without utilities.
Opegoi is a former Karok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located on the Klamath River opposite the mouth of Red Cap Creek, at an elevation of 341 feet.
Pecwan is a locality in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Klamath River near the mouth of Pecwan Creek 1 mile (1.6 km) east-southeast of Johnsons, at an elevation of 869 feet (265 m).
Pekwan is a former Yurok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Lower Klamath River at the mouth of Pecwan Creek, at an elevation of 85 feet.
Pekwuteu is a former Yurok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located on the Lower Klamath River opposite town of Weitchpec, at an elevation of 348 feet.
Shanamkarak is a former Karok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located on the Klamath River, 1 mile (1.6 km) to 2 miles (3.2 km) below the confluence with the Salmon River; its precise location is unknown.
Shregegon is a former Yurok settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) above the mouth of Pecwan Creek, at an elevation of 125 feet.
Albeeville is a former settlement in Klamath County, now located in Humboldt County, California. Albeeville was located on Redwood Creek, within an easy day's travel from Fort Gaston. The post office was named for Joseph Porter Albee, its first postmaster, who was murdered by Indians, and the Albeeville post office burned in November 1863.
Elk Camp was an American settlement between Redwood Creek and the Klamath River, fifteen miles northwest of Fort Anderson in modern Humboldt County, California it was formerly located in Klamath County. Elk Camp was a post office from January 31, 1859, to December 19, 1862.
Horse Linto Creek is a stream in Humboldt County, California, in the United States. It flows into the Trinity River about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the town of Willow Creek.
Widow White Creek is a small tributary of Norton Creek in McKinleyville, California, that lies just south of the Arcata-Eureka Airport in Humboldt County. In 2014 the North Coast regional water board recommended that Widow White Creek be listed as an impaired waterway due to E. coli contamination 600 times greater than normal.
The Elk River is a river in the U.S. state of California, originating at 2,000 feet (610 m) elevation in forested highlands southeast of Eureka, California. The north and south forks combine to flow 15 miles (24 km) into Humboldt Bay on the south edge of Eureka. The river was called Ka-sha-reh by the Wiyot people, but received its present name after Josiah Gregg's party enjoyed a meal of elk meat near the river on Christmas, 1849.
Jolly Giant Creek, named after Jolly Giant Mill that was historically located along the creek, is an ephemeral creek in Arcata, California. Jolly Giant Creek has constructed wetlands that were constructed for water quality. In 2014 the North Coast regional water board recommended that Jolly Giant Creek be listed as an impaired waterway due to E. coli contamination 600 times greater than normal.
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