1969 Map of Redcrest

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Humboldt Redwoods State Park dominates this late-sixties landscape, preserving massive groves like the Rockefeller Redwood Forest along the meandering course of the Eel River. The river valley serves as the primary corridor for human activity, where the Avenue of the Giants and the Northwestern Pacific railroad parallel the water. Small river-bottom settlements such as Redcrest, Holmes, and Shively are tucked between the banks and the steep timbered slopes of the Chalk Mountains. Local educational history is anchored by the Bluff Prairie Sch and Georgeson Sch, while the historic Strongs Station (Site) marks an earlier era of travel. To the north, the Van Duzen River carves through the terrain near Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, revealing a landscape shaped by both conservation and industrial needs like the Gravel Pits and Borrow Pit near the riverbanks.