Albeeville, California
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Albeeville (also, Albee) is a former settlement in Klamath County now located in Humboldt County, California.[1] Albeeville was located on Redwood Creek, within an easy days travel from Fort Gaston.[2]
A post office operated in Albeeville from March 5, 1862 to April 2, 1863.[1][3] The post office was named for J. P. Albee, its first postmaster.[1] Mr. Albee, was murdered by Indians and the Albeeville post office burned in late November 1862.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 57. ISBN 9781884995149.
- ^ Alta California, November 29, 1862, "From Northern California"
- ^ Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954, Philatelic Research Society, Oakland, CA. 1955, pp. 60-69.
- ^ Alta California, November 29, 1862, "From Northern California"
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