Crannell, California

Coordinates: 41°00′42″N 124°05′05″W / 41.01167°N 124.08472°W / 41.01167; -124.08472

Crannell
—  Unincorporated community  —
21st century Crannell is on private land at the end of the access road from highway 101.
Crannell Location in California
Coordinates: 41°00′42″N 124°05′05″W / 41.01167°N 124.08472°W / 41.01167; -124.08472
Country	United States
State	California
County	Humboldt County
Elevation[1]	203 ft (62 m)

Crannell (formerly, Bullwinkel, Bulwinkle, and Crannel) is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.^[1] It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) southeast of Trinidad,^[2] at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m).^[1]

The location was formerly a company town for sawmill workers of the Little River Redwood Company organized in 1893 by owners in Ottawa, and western New York. Company headquarters were in Tonawanda; and their California sawmill commenced operations in 1908.^[3] The post office opened in 1909 was named for property owner Conrad Bulwinkle. In 1922 the community was renamed for Little River Redwood Company president Levi Crannell.^[2] The town was served by the Trinidad extension of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from 1911 to 1933.^[4]

The Hammond-Little River Redwood Company, Ltd. was formed in a 1931 merger with Hammond Lumber Company.^[3] The Humboldt Northern Railway connection to Samoa, California was dismantled in 1948.^[4] Hammond became a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific Corporation in 1956.^[3] Worker housing was razed in 1969; but the site remained in use as an equipment storage and maintenance base for forestry operations of subsequent landowners.^[2] The site was transferred to Louisiana-Pacific Corporation during a Federal Trade Commission action initiated in 1972.^[3] Simpson Timber Company purchased the property on June 30, 1998, and subsequently became Green Diamond Resource Company around 2004.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crannell, California
2. ^ ^{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. 44. ISBN 9781884995149. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Carranco, Lynwood (1982). Redwood Lumber Industry. Golden West Books. pp. 163,166&202. ISBN 0-87095-084-3. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Borden, Stanley T. (1963). Railroads of Eureka. The Western Railroader. pp. 10–15.