"The best position for a post is, in my opinion, on Eel River, near the head of Larrabee Creek, about sixty-five miles southeast from Fort Humboldt. It should be built immediately, and garrisoned by at least one full company, with a sufficient number of mules and riding saddles to mount a party large enough (say thirty) to follow rapidly and chastise all Indians that may commit depredations within fifty miles of it. This I believe will soon put a stop to all depredations and give ample security to the inhabitants and their property. Without a post but little can be accomplished and proper protection is almost impossible. The roads will be good for pack animals during the dry season, and the facilities for building good; that is, for small dry houses."[4]
Fort Seward was decommissioned in 1862.[2] It was later the site where the captured LassicWailaki leader during the Bald Hills War and his men were killed by local militiamen in January 1863.[5]
A post office operated at Fort Seward from 1912 to 1972.[2] Fort Seward was served by passenger service on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad until 1971.
^ abcdDurham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 62. ISBN1-884995-14-4.