Delaplane, Kristin

Sep 07, 1997

Abstract: It was likely in the 1870s that a sailing vessel passenger Edward A. Young arrived in the Eureka after sailing around the Horn from New Brunswick. By then, lumbering had replaced gold mining as the major income source in this coastal town and Young went to work in the lumbering business. Not too much time passed when he was met with an accident. One day a giant redwood was felled and in the process Edward's leg was broken. He was sent to San Francisco for medical attention and he remained there during his recovery.