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Name
Andersonia was named for the President of Southern Humboldt Lumber Company,Henry Neff "Pap" Anderson.[1]
Geography
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| Andersonia, California |
- Continent: North America
- Country: United States of America
- State: California
- County: Mendocino
- GPS Coordinates: 39.98262329237294, -123.81167743094896[1][2]
- Elevation: 541 ft (165 m)[2]
40 acres in all, 12 miles from the coast, 17 miles from Garberville.[3]
History
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After losing his wife in 1902, Henry Neff Anderson purchased 10,000 acres of redwood forest in northern California. He built not only a lumber mill but a small community to house the almost 200 employees he recruited from Grays Harbor County in Washington State, some from Michigan, and some from the "Northland". One such recruit wasWilliam Lilley.[3][4]
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He built a two-story home there for his new bride, Cora Ann (Patterson) Anderson on the hilltop overlooking the mill.[5]
Unfortunately, Henry died there in 1905 due to a mill accident. Mr and Mrs Lilley stayed on as caretakers of the "ghost town"[3][4][6]
The mill was almost sold in April of 1906 to the Wright Blodgett Company of Saginaw, but the earthquake on April 18 caused the buyer to back out.[5][7]
In 1921, the mill, equipment, and machinery were all dismantled for storage and the town was officially closed.[3][1]
Heavy rains in 1925-6 caused the dam to break sending the logs stored, downstream.[3][5]In 1950, a new manager,Tom Dimmick originally fromCentralia, Washington, was brought on.[5][8] Then his great-grandson,Reginald Grant Anderson Jr (1932-1964) managed the mill.[9]
In 1975, an Arcata based "Andersonia Forest Products" brought new life to the mill.[3]
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| All that remains of Andersonia in 2011 |
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Sources
- ↑1.01.11.2 Wikipedia Contributors (includingRobinson-27225). “Andersonia, California.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 25, 2020. (https://en.wikipedia.org/ : accessed 13 Oct 2020)
- ↑2.02.1 “GNIS Detail - Andersonia.” (https://usgs.gov/ : accessed 13 Oct 2020)
- ↑3.03.13.23.33.43.5"Andersonia - Fate thwarted a dream of lumbering" Eureka Times Standard (Eureka, California) December 28, 1975 Page 22 (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 13 Oct 2020)
- ↑4.04.1Anderson, Naomi Lucy.The Anderson Middleton Families' Role in Northwest Timber History (np 2008 Olympia, Washington) pp. 5-15
- ↑5.05.15.25.3"New Andersonia Mill at Full Production" Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, California) 05 Jul 1950, Wed Page 9 (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 14 Oct 2020)
- ↑"Local Brevities" Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.), 09 Nov. 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- ↑"Michigan Lumber Concern Buys a California Plant" The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]), 06 April 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- ↑ "County News", Ukiah Republican Press (Ukiah, California) January 3, 1940 Page 2
- ↑"Andersonia, And Its Revival After Some Sixty Years" database w/images (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021) Mendocino Coast Beacon (Mendocino, California) 22 May 1964, Fri Page 1
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVL6-Y6J : accessed 14 October 2020), William G Lilley, Westport, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 6B, family 140, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 88; FHL microfilm 1,374,101.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH72-WMV : accessed 14 October 2020), William G Lilley, Westport, Mendocino, California, United States; citing ED 127, sheet 4B, line 66, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 121; FHL microfilm 1,820,121.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD8-9WJ : accessed 14 October 2020), William G Lilley, Ten Mile River, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 4B, line 62, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 177; FHL microfilm 2,339,912.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WB-KGS : 24 December 2019), Reginald G Anderson, Ten Mile River Judicial Township, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-22, sheet 9B, line 41, family 218, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 263.
- "Tales of the Town Tersely Told" Aberdeen herald. (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.), 31 July 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- "Tales of the Town Tersely Told" Aberdeen herald. (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.), 19 Oct. 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- "Tales of the Town Tersely Told" Aberdeen herald. (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.), 25 Dec. 1905. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- "Tales of the Town Tersely Told" Aberdeen herald. (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.), 22 Jan. 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- "Tales of the Town Tersely Told" Aberdeen herald. (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.), 31 May 1906. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- "Tales of the Town Tersely Told"Aberdeen herald. (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.), 25 March 1907. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
- "Andersonia To Operate Soon" database w/images (https://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 Apr 2021) Mendocino Coast Beacon (Mendocino, California) 02 Sep 1939, Sat Page 1
- “Andersonia (Calif.) - Search Results - Digital Collections.” (http://www.berkeley.edu/ : accessed 13 Oct 2020).
- "Gypsy Locomotives don Fort Humboldt" Eureka Times Standard January 30, 1980 Page 14 (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 13 Oct 2020)
- Borden, Stanley.Bear Harbor & Eel River Railroad The Western Railroader, Booklet 292 Vol 27 No 5 May 1964 (https://www.mendorailhistory.org/ : accessed 14 Oct 2020)
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