SAMOA

NAME: Samoa
COUNTY: Humbolt
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Warm climate
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime 		COMMENTS: Take 255 and turn left at stop Singalgo, about 3/4 mile turn left and then turn right. A person can eat at the Samoa Cook House. It is lumber, campstyle. Then person can drive around in Samoa. Semi-ghost.
REMAINS: All the original buildings.
Samoa was built by John Vance in 1893 and his heirs on 270 acres . It was purchased by Hammond Lumber Co., which ran it until 1956 . It was then purchased by Georgia Pacific Corp. Then it was purchased by Louisiana-Pacific in 1972. Finally, it was purchased by Simpson Timber Co. in 1997. Submitted by: George Bisconer


Inside this window was an interesting sight.
Town: Samoa
Courtesy Ruschia Martin


"East Side Crips" and a R.I.P. sign.
Courtesy Ruschia Martin


Close up of graffiti and R.I.P. sign.
Courtesy Ruschia Martin


Boarded up houses.
Courtesy Ruschia Martin


Fallen utility pole forms a "cross" beside this boarded up house.
Courtesy Ruschia Martin

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