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[Author's NOTE] These notes are based on a main reference,
The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast of North America, pg. 788
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http://www.jacklondons.net/life.html 1890 - Jack London (author) obtained a steady job in a salmon cannery at ten cents an hour.
http://63.192.157.117/history/Conti/conti040995.html Loss of Capitol, decline of port end dreams: Benicia grew as arsenal, building flourished
Another major source of income for Benicians was fishing. This attracted a population of Scandinavians, Portuguese and Greeks.
http://63.192.157.117/history/history070900.html Town was once a scam, but Emory Upham bought at a Sheriff's auction (1869), then brought many businesses including salmon cannery.
http://www.cagenweb.com/solano/timeline.htm 1873 - F. E. Booth & Co. erects salmon cannery at Collinsville.
Courtland is south of Sacramento. It looks to be mostly abandoned, but has a pear festival.
http://www.cagenweb.com/yolo/yolplnm0.htm Yolo County Place Names ? Past and Present
http://www.eelriver.org/cgi-bin/Publications.pl?function=article&page_id=55
1. Market Valuation of Eel River Fisheries - a. Fish Populations
The Eel River fishing industry "peaked from 1884 to 1913 when as many as eight seining operations and seven canneries were operational at a single time" (Humboldt County Public Works, 1979, quoted in Steiner 1996, p. 3.1-1). However, "...there was no noticeable decline in the commercial fisheries by the late 1800s" (ibid).
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news00/r1_00_14.html Historical numbers (...) from early 1900s commercial fishing and cannery operations on the lower Klamath, it was estimated that annual fall-run king salmon migrations brought an average of 280,000 fish into the river system, none of hatchery origin.
http://www.hits.org/salmon98/history/can1.html Fresh Salmon Were Plenty With Us: The Story of the Eel River Commercial Salmon Fishery
http://www.krisweb.com/krishumboldtbay/krisdb/html/krisweb/humbay_historic/bayfish1.htm THE FISHERIES OF HUMBOLDT BAY AND TRIBUTARY STREAMS
(Salmon Creek, Elk River, Freshwater Creek, Jacoby Creek)
Historical Account from newspapers 1850-1949
http://www.humboldthistory.org/BriefHChistory.html ALL Chinese workers expelled after shooting.
http://www.calarchives4u.com/history/humboldt/hum1915-ch18.htm Transcription of 1915 newspaper notes salmon canneries
http://library.humboldt.edu/nwcnews/
Northwestern California Newspapers
http://library.humboldt.edu/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cascgsi/soltimeline.htm Solano County Timeline, includes notes on canneries
http://giamona.com/fishing.htm Italian fisherman initial setup in Martinez and then (around 1917) moved to Monterey. They used the Monterey Clippers in both locations. They convince Booth Cannery to move. Primary fish in Monterey was sardines. They gillnetted in Martinez until 1957.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/contracosta/history/1882/historyo/township96ms.txt Pioneer Cannery
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~linnie/wilhbio.htm William HUME (Nov 19, 1830 - June 25, 1902) Owner of First Salmon Cannery in world.
http://www.cagenweb.com/yolo/yolplnm1.htm Apparently the first salmon cannery was in now West Sacramento, formerly Rancho Nueva Flandria, townsite of Washington and Broderick, respectively.
[Author's NOTE] Below this section are notes on canneries found, but not listed in base reference.
http://humboldt.edu/~ss51/Loleta.pdf Loleta Community Report
Loleta had a salmon cannery near humblot bay, maybe Eel River also?
http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/sd/communityprofiles/California/Monterey_CA.pdf don't have a copy of this
http://www.canneryrow.com/heritage/index.html
http://www.mtycounty.com/pgs-misc/cannery-row.html In 1895 an entrepreneur named Frank E. Booth built the first cannery on Cannery Row.
[Author's NOTE] Possibly wrong assertion. Possible first successful. Note this might be the one that went broke early on because of competition from SF Brokers.
Teacher's resource: Background information
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/tm/salmon/salmonteach4.html
map extract shows the locations of salmon canneries on the Columbia River and Oregon Coast.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/tm/salmon/salmonmap.html
http://englishriverwebsite.com/LewisClarkColumbiaRiver/Regions/Places/astoria.html
http://www.scripophily.net/pacamfisinc.html copy of page in bystate/or/
http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonstory/fishing/timeline.html Timeline of fishing in Oregan.
http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer/PageServer?pagename=AMR_content_b065 Columbia River: Salmon decline creates nutrient deficit in Northwest streams
http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AMR_content_5c79 History of the Columbia
http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/forum/megan/megan.htm Typhoid fever from overfishing?
http://www.riverdale.k12.or.us/salmon/papers/salmoncn.html
http://bluebook.state.or.us/cultural/history/chron02.htm Chronological History of Oregon, 1851-1900
http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonstory/fishing/timeline.html History of Fishing in Oregon
http://www.pacifier.com/~areaone/community.html Realty Advertising
http://www.onthisdayinoregon.com/09_03.html Salmon Fishermen Strike
http://www.skagitpublishing.com/ourcentury/1910-1919.html Salmon News 1910-1919
Estimating the Size of Historical Oregon Salmon Runs Available on ...
http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/staff/lackey/pubs/estimating.pdf
Columbia River History
http://www.ccrh.org/river/history.htm
Oregon Republican League: History 101
http://oregonrepublicanleague.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_oregonrepublicanleague_archive.html
http://atn-riae.agr.ca/seafood/pacific_salmon_overview-e.htm Fact Sheet, Wild Paficic Salmon, Canada