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Wiyot Residents- Arcata Marsh History, Susie Van Kirk Jan 2015

Wiyot Residents- Arcata Marsh History, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

From time immemorial, Wiyot people lived in permanent villages around North or Arcata Bay. Tidal flats and sloughs, bay channels, brackish marshes, creeks, and seasonal wetlands and ponds were the nature of things, all providers of food and materials. The people fished, harvested bivalves and crustaceans, gathered plant materials, and hunted waterfowl, marine mammals, and upland game. The bay and its environs sustained them.


White-Brown-Marks Families, Susie Van Kirk Jan 2014

White-Brown-Marks Families, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Census information, birth and death certificates and newspaper references.


Russ Family Research Notes, Susie Van Kirk Jan 2013

Russ Family Research Notes, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Susie Van Kirks collection of newspaper references pertaining to the Russ family history. Bulk references from the Ferndale Enterprise and the Humboldt Times, from the 1850s through the 1990s.


Bits And Pieces Of Information On The Berding Family, Susie Van Kirk Mar 1982

Bits And Pieces Of Information On The Berding Family, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

Information on the Berding Family from census records, the register, newspaper articles, marriage licenses and other research.


Willburn Family, Susie Van Kirk Jan 1981

Willburn Family, Susie Van Kirk

Susie Van Kirk Papers

In 1862, Capt. Ketchem from Fort Baker noted in his records that he received the assistance of the ranchers in Hettenshaw in rounding up the Indians. Among them were Jim Willburn, Jim Graham and Steve Fleming. Fleming acted as a guide for the soldiers and helped to bring in Chief Lassik and his band from the area in southwest Trinity known as Red and Black Lassic or simply the Lassics. An entry in the military records which reads, “Willburn and Fleming report the loss of many stock.”