The Long Trek Back--A group of evacuees are shown making their way across muddy terrain between Fernbridge and Eerndale, Calif., as floodwaters of the Eel river start to subside. A stranded bulldozer is being used at rear to cross a deep pool. Most of these people had homes in Ferndale and are returning to survey the damage.
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The Long Trek Back--A group of evacuees are shown making their way across muddy terrain between Fernbridge and Eerndale, Calif., as floodwaters of the Eel river start to subside. A stranded bulldozer is being used at rear to cross a deep pool. Most of these people had homes in Ferndale and are returning to survey the damage.

Associated Press · [ca. December 1964]

CC0 — Public Domain
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[Information from item housing] Floods: 1964: Wire Photos

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