Crannell, California
Coordinates: 41°00′42″N 124°05′05″W / 41.01167°N 124.08472°W
| Crannell | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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21st century Crannell is on private land at the end of Crannell Road from Highway 101. | |
  Crannell Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 41°00′42″N 124°05′05″W / 41.01167°N 124.08472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Humboldt County |
| Elevation[1] | 203 ft (62 m) |
Crannell (formerly, Bullwinkel, Bulwinkle, Crannel, and Camp Nine) is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California.[1] It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Trinidad,[2] at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m).[1]
The location was formerly a company town for sawmill workers of the Little River Redwood Company organized in 1893 by owners in Ottawa, and western New York. Company headquarters were in Tonawanda; and their California sawmill commenced operations in 1908.[3] The post office opened in 1909 was named for property owner Conrad Bulwinkle. In 1922 the community was renamed for Little River Redwood Company president Levi Crannell.[2] The town was served by the Trinidad extension of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from 1911 to 1933.[4]
The Hammond-Little River Redwood Company, Ltd. was formed in a 1931 merger with Hammond Lumber Company.[3] Crannell was called Camp Nine by the Hammond Lumber Company. [5]The Humboldt Northern Railway connection to Samoa, California was dismantled in 1948.[4] Hammond became a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific Corporation in 1956.[3] Worker housing was razed in 1969; but the site remained in use as an equipment storage and maintenance base for forestry operations of subsequent landowners.[2] The site was transferred to Louisiana-Pacific Corporation during a Federal Trade Commission action initiated in 1972.[3] Simpson Timber Company purchased the property on June 30, 1998, and subsequently became Green Diamond Resource Company around 2004. Green Diamond refers to the forested land as "Crannell Tree Farm".[6]
References
- 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crannell, California
- 1 2 3 Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 44. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- 1 2 3 4 Carranco, Lynwood (1982). Redwood Lumber Industry. Golden West Books. pp. 163,166&202. ISBN 0-87095-084-3.
- 1 2 Borden, Stanley T. (1963). Railroads of Eureka. The Western Railroader. pp. 10–15.
- ↑ Turner, Dennis & Gloria (2010). Place Names of Humboldt County, California (2nd ed.). Orangeville, CA: Dennis W. & Gloria H. Turner. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-9629617-2-4.
- ↑ EMILY GURNON, A Gnawing Problem North Coast Journal Oct 14 2004
