About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Alderpoint, California, Bayview, Humboldt County, California, Benbow, California, Big Lagoon, California, Cutten, California, Fieldbrook, California, Fields Landing, California, Garberville, California, Humboldt Hill, California, Hydesville, California, Indianola, Humboldt County, California, Loleta, California, Manila, California, McKinleyville, California, Miranda, California, Myers Flat, California, Myrtletown, California, Orick, California, Phillipsville, California, Pine Hills, California, Redcrest, California, Redway, California, Samoa, California, Scotia, California, Shelter Cove, California, Weott, California, Westhaven-Moonstone, California, Willow Creek, California. Excerpt: Weott is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located 375 kilometres (233 mi) north of San Francisco, California and 40 kilometres (25 mi) due west of the Pacific Ocean. Lower Weott is situated at an elevation of 100 metres (330 ft) along the Avenue of the Giants and in the flood plain of the South Fork of the Eel River. The population was 288 at the 2010 census. Note that Weott is not related to Camp Weeott, a fishing village established about 1925 and destroyed in the 1955 flood. Camp Weeott was located 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Weott, near Ferndale, California. The town of Weott is believed to be named after a sub-grouping of the Wishosk people who lived at the delta of the Eel River 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of current-day Weott. The Wishosk word for that area and the people who lived there was wiyat. Wiyot is now the general name for this group. The town of Weott is beyond the bounds of the areas known to have been utilized or inhabited by the Wiyot. When the area was invaded in 1849 by whites looking for new supply routes to the Trinity gold mines, the Sinkyone peoples were living in..."
