The year 2014 marks the centennial of the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP); celebrated by driving a �golden spike� at Cain Rock in October 1914. This achievement was the culmination of a massive; six-year engineering effort to connect rail lines ending at Willits with the early lumber company railroads of the Humboldt Bay region. When it was completed; the NWP linked Eureka with San Francisco by rail; a milestone in the history of Humboldt and Northern Mendocino Counties. This book examines the impact of the NWP on Northwestern California. Although no longer operational; the railroad today symbolizes the ongoing struggle to connect this isolated region with the wider world.
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