hunt or fish to his heart's content, as game and fish are abundant, and one 

 has only to comply with the laws when doing either. To reach Idylwild 

 one must take the Santa Fe to Hemet, and proceed thence by stage at a 

 slight cost. Arrangements should be made previously for cottage accommo- 

 dation to insure occupancy. 



No grander mountain resorts "far from the madding crowd's ignoble 

 strife" can be found in California than Idylwild. 



MOUNTAIN RESORTS OF HUMBOLDT 



GEIORGS: A. KBL.L.OGG 

 Secretary of the Humboldt Cbamber ot Coximerce 



LEAVING Eureka by the train running over the tracks of the North- 

 western Pacific Railroad, a jaunt of some fifteen miles southerly 

 brings one to Greig's, a favorite resort of the disciple of old Izaak 

 Walton. A little over two miles further by rail is Fortuna, a thriving 

 little town of some 1,600 people, where two good hotels furnish 

 accommodations for the angler or the idler. 



Three miles more and the town of Alton is reached, and across Eel 

 River at a distance of about two miles is Weymouth's, best known of all 

 the fishing resorts of Humboldt. Five miles up Eel River, and still along the 

 line of railway, but on the opposite side of the river, is Rio Dell, on Eagle 

 Prairie. Here a' good country hotel is maintained, and the opportunities for 

 outings are abundant; fishing, hunting, picnicking in endless variety and 

 under the most favorable conditions. 



On Eel River above Rio Dell several resorts are maintained, — Englewood, 

 Bryan's Rest, Dyerville, — each offering the usual fishing and hunting attrac- 

 tions, combined with fine air and healthful country diet. From Dyerville 

 up the South Fork of Eel River by stage, several fine outing places are 

 reached. Myers' ranch, some six miles from Dyerville, is a most delightful 

 nook, and at Garberville and Briceland accommodations and opportunities 

 for the enjoyment of a mountain outing are plentiful and satisfactory. 



From Alton, should the traveler prefer to go further into the interior 

 of the county, the road up the Van Duzen leads to outing possibilities 

 innumerable. At Carlotta (four miles). Strong's (twelve miles), Rogers 

 (nineteen miles), Bridgeville (twenty-four miles), Blocksburg (forty-nine 

 miles) hotel accommodations are sufficient and reasonable, and the oppor- 

 tunities for camping out innumerable. All the points named are reached 

 by stage from Carlotta, the terminus of the railroad. 



Should the seeker for a summer outing prefer to leave railroads and 

 main-traveled ways farther aside and plunge more promptly into Nature's 

 solitudes, a short journey by wagon directly east from Eureka leads to 

 Kneeland's, to McBride's, to laqua; and a short horseback trip from either 

 of these places brings the summer sojourner into the absolute wilds of 

 Eastern Humboldt. 



Northward from Eureka, Korbel, Mitchell's, Trinidad, Big Lagoon, Orick, 

 Berry's, Willow Creek, Hoopa Valley all afford rest for the weary and 

 mountain air and scenery such as instil new strength and hope into the worn 

 refugees from the city's turmoil and attrition. Big Lagoon, with its con- 

 comitants, Stone Lagoon and Freshwater Lagoon, some forty miles north 

 of Eureka along the coast, is especially noted as an early fishing resort. 

 Here the steelhead and the half-pound trout first show a disposition to rise 

 to the fly or fall victims to the lure of the troll. And few Humboldt anglers 

 allow the early season to slip by without at least one trip to the Lagoons. 



