Weott, California -
Charles Kellogg's Travel Log
A fully restored "travel log" on wheels, made from a single redwood tree and driven around the US 1917-21, is displayed inside the Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center.
- Address:
- SR 254, Weott, CA
- Directions:
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park Visitor Center, 2 miles south of town, 45 miles south of Eureka.
- Hours:
- Apr-Oct 9-5, Nov-Mar 10-4. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 707-946-2263
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Charles Kellogg's Travel Log Charles Kellogg was a naturalist, vaudeville performer and a campaigner to preserve the Redwood Forest in Northern California.
A truly remarkable man of many accomplishments, one of which was to create the "Travel Log;" what would be called a motor home today made from a single 8-ton redwood log estimated to be 4,800 years old, mounted on the chassis of a 1917 Nash-Quad truck.
He used this beautiful vehicle to travel across America from 1917-1921, promoting awareness of the Redwoods. Today the vehicle has been restored, and is prominently displayed in the visitor center at Avenue of the Giants, in Weott, CA. [Roxanne B, 08/02/2011]
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