Humboldt County CA Archives History - Books .....Bridgeville 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com December 6, 2005, 10:59 pm Book Title: History And Business Directory Of Humboldt County BRIDGEVILLE Is beautifully situated in a little valley or flat on the north side of the Van Duzen fork of Eel river. The country surrounding is devoted to pasturage and stock raising, and is the headquarters for many of those engaged in the pursuits above alluded to. The sheep ranches in this vicinity are amongst the finest on the coast. The town is so named from a bridge that crosses the Van Duzen river at that point. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History and Business Directory of HUMBOLDT COUNTY DESCRIPTIVE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE PICTURESQUE SCENERY BEAUTIFUL HOMES THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE STATE CONTAINING NO CHINAMEN LILLIE E. HAMM, PUBLISHER (COPYRIGHTED) EUREKA, CALA. DAILY HUMBOLDT STANDARD NOVEMBER, 1890. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/humboldt/history/1890/historya/bridgevi182ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb