Hume - California Ghost Town

HUME

NAME: Hume
COUNTY: Fresno
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Cool winter with snow and warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer, fall, spring.

COMMENTS: On highway 180 in Sequoia National Park.
REMAINS: Remnants of the mill and a few residents.

Hume was a logging town dedicated to cutting down redwoods for lumber. After the wood was cut, it was flumed 59 miles down the mountain to Sangor. It is rumored that people would ride the flume down off the mountain as was the case with a pregnant woman that needed medical attention. Hume was a tough place in the winter, but ideal in the summer. It is set in some of the most spectacularly beautiful scenery in the United States. Hume is located in the Sequoia National Park.

Hume was a logging town dedicated to cutting down redwoods for lumber. After the wood was cut, it was flumed 59 miles down the mountain to Sangor. It is rumored that people would ride the flume down off the mountain as was the case with a pregnant woman that needed medical attention. Hume was a tough place in the winter, but ideal in the summer. It is set in some of the most spectacularly beautiful scenery in the United States. Hume is located in the Sequoia National Park.

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