Historic California
Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields
Camp at Elk Camp
Sometime in May 1862 the
people in the small settlement ol Elk Camp, about 15 miles northeast
of Camp Anderson in Humboldt County, urgently requested
government military protection. Sparse archival records and other
sources indicate that a temporary post, garrisoned from Camp
Anderson, was probably established within the settlement. Near
present day Weitchpec.
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