Mad River’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Mad River. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The stream was named in December 1849 by the Gregg Party. Myth has it that the leader of the party, in apparent anger with fellow companions over latitude positioning, coined the term when comparing the experience of the difficult exchange between his peers.
At the 2000 census, Mad River constituted a census county division (CCD). The population was 838 at the 2000 census. Most of the former CCD is covered by the Six Rivers National Forest and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. Mad River itself is near the western extent of Ruth Lake, the major water reservoir for the populated area around Humboldt Bay within Humboldt County located to the northwest.
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Start Mad River’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mad River’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Mad River
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Mad River, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Mad River is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mad River has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lower Blackburn Grade Bridge in Redcrest, 21.2 miles away.
Mad River and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey Roger Sturtevant, Photographer Mar. 11, 1934 FRONT ELEVATION - Erickson Ranch House,… and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.