
Post #18. 1973: The Humboldt Scene, Early Days
In the mid-1960s, around 1964, the “Big Three” southern Humboldt ranches were broken down and subdivided, all being in the tens of thousands of acres each. Prosper Ridge (owned by Chief Wally Matthews), Panther Gap, and Ettersburg / Whitethorne (then owned by Albert Etter of nearby Ettersburg) were all suddenly for sale. And for cheap. […]