Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1935 Itinerary Rowdy Cr., Wz mi. E Smith River, Del Norte C., Calif. July 16 cont'd. Broke camp on E. Sk. Illinois R. about 2:30 P.M. and drove via Jakilma and Waldo (Oregon) to The Redwood Highway and via that to Crescent City. Here we turned N and followed the coast highway to the town of Smith River and then E to the above locality. The Redwood Highway follows Smith River from its head down to about 8 mi. from Crescent City. The plant association along the creek was much like that at E Sk. Illinois R. with more Madrons. We watched for the first Redwood as we approached the coast. The first seen were a small clump of rather small trees about 2 mi. E? of a place marked Bertulda on our map, or about halfway between Myrtle Creek and Hardscrabble Creek. From there on in to Crescent City we passed thru several typical groves of large Redwoods. A great deal of the country between Crescent city and Smith River (town) has been logged off and is now small second growth or snags and stumps. Camp here is in typical Redwood associ- ation. Rowdy Creek is about 25 ft. wide, rather shallow and slow flowing. Its banks