The Humboldt was a wooden steamer built in Eureka

Eureka, California

Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....

, CA in 1896. She sailed on the Alaska route for many years, and operated between San Francisco and Los Angeles between 1919 and 1932, when she was withdrawn from service. She was purchased by the White Flyer Line in 1919, and by the Los Angeles San Francisco Navigation Company in 1927.

External links

• Photo of Steamer Humboldt departing for Nome with passengers, June 2, 1901
• Description of wooden steamer Humboldt, Tacoma Public Library, Ships and Shipping Database