Funeral Homes near Fort Dick

Facts about the city

Fort Dick (formerly Newburg) is a small unincorporated community in rural Del Norte County, California. Fort Dick is around five miles (eight kilometers) north of Crescent City, California, and around 15 mi (24 km) south of the California–Oregon state line. It is located on the U.S. Route 101 corridor on the Redwood Coast. A post office was set up in 1917.

Fort Dick Obituaries

It was disclosed by The Reflector on June 25th, 2014 that Jane Nichols passed on in Battle Ground, Washington.  Nichols was 83 years old and was born in Fort Dick, CA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Jane's life.

History

THE HINTERLAND IS PENETRATED, item 5). In the book "Redwood National Park" ([http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/redw/ (Quote 05)], Jedidiah Smith's party skirted the eastern edge of Lake Earl between June 14 to 16, 1828. The entire West Coast of the United States of America was home to dozens upon dozens of Native American Indigeneous Peoples. While no one can say for certain if his party crossed the exact land that the original wooden fort that would eventually become fort dick, it is clear they were in the immeidate area and were probably no less than a mile from the exact location. Bearss, it was published September 1, 1969 by the US Department of the Interior, National Park Service.