Young's Ferry, California Explained

Young's Ferry was a settlement in Klamath County on the Klamath River down stream from Weitchpec and McDonald's Ferry.^[1] On May 19, 1855, it was described by the Weekly Humboldt Times as being on the upstream boundary of the proposed Klamath River Indian Reservation. That reservation was described as extending 20 miles along the Klamath River from its mouth at the Pacific Ocean and one mile wide along each side of the river.^[2]

that was to be along the Klamath River from there to the Pacific Ocean.^[3] The site is now within Humboldt County.

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/usindianaffairs67usdorich/usindianaffairs67usdorich_djvu.txt Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1867, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, 1868; p.128
2. Web site: Shuter . Edward . February 27, 1874 . The Klamath River Indian Reservation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180819110150/https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3957&context=indianserialset . August 19, 2018 . February 23, 2024 . University of Oklahoma College of Law Digital Commons . Letter on page 3 of PDF, page 2 of original report..
3. http://csus-dspace.calstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10211.9/90/completethesis-johnstondodds.pdf?sequence=3 Kimberly A. Johnston-Dodds, BEARING ARCHIVAL WITNESS TO EURO-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AGAINST CALIFORNIA INDIANS, 1847-1866, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO, 2009; p.123 citing Weekly Humboldt Times May 19, 1855, p. 2, col. 1