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1959 Map of Fortuna

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Fortuna
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Fortuna and its surrounding river valley communities define this mid-century portrait of coastal Humboldt County. The landscape is shaped by the wide course of the Eel River, which flows past settlements like Rohnerville, Alton, and Loleta. The transportation network is anchored by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, which connects the timber and agricultural hubs of the interior to Fields Landing on the southern reaches of Humboldt Bay.

Institutional landmarks are densely clustered around the population centers, including Redwood Memorial Hospital and Union High Sch. Further east, the terrain rises into the timbered ridges of the North Fork Elk River and South Fork Elk River, where smaller communities like Falk and specialized sites like the Rohnerville Rancheria are situated. The presence of numerous rural schools, such as Coffee Creek Sch and Grant Union Sch, provides significant detail for researchers tracing the mid-twentieth-century educational and social geography of the Eel River delta.