History
The original inhabitants of the area were the Sinkyone. In the 1850s white settlers began felling the redwoods, seeking to clear the land for homes and pasture. About 20 years later the timber industry moved into the region, and railways and roads were routed through the area for accessibility to the trees. In 1918 after realizing how much of the old-growth forests closer to San Francisco had been harvested, the Save-the-Redwoods League formed and began working to preserve redwood forests in the region, including the area that became Humboldt Redwoods State Park.
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