HANNAH CROSSING
Mad River
May 19, 1896: "Farmers on lower Mad river intend to petition the Board of Supervisors to purchase and maintain the Vance railroad bridge across Mad river, at the Hannah Crossing. It is the intention of the Vances to remove the bridge up the river, when the road to the peninsula is completed, and put it in place of the temporary trestle in use there now. The county can buy the bridge for about what the iron cost. A bridge at the Hannah crossing would be a great convenience to up country travel in the winter, and to the large number of people living on both sides of the river. -- Arcata Union." (Ferndale Enterprise)
June 6, 1899: "At the next meeting of the Board of Supervisors a petition will be presented for the building of a bridge across Mad river at the Hannah crossing." (Ferndale Enterprise)
July 25, 1899: "In compliance with an order of the Board of Supervisors made at a late meeting, County Surveyor Filery, in company with Supervisor McLeod, has made a survey of the site for a bridge at the Hannah crossing of Mad river, and id now drawing plans and specifications for the same. The bridge, without approaches will be 346 feet in length. -- Union." (Ferndale Enterprise)
August 18, 1899: "The bids for building the new bridge across Mad river at Hannah's crossing were as follows: S.F. Bridge Co $7,352; Darley Laydon, S.F., $6,597; Knowles Evans, $6,690." (Ferndale Enterprise)
July 12, 1901: "The Board approved the bond of the San Francisco Bridge Company for constructing the Mad river bridge at the Hannah crossing. The bond required from the company was in the sum of $4000 and upon its approval Chairman Hector McLeod was authorized to enter into and sign a contract with the company." (Ferndale Enterprise)
November 8, 1901: "The new Howe truss bridge across Mad river at the Hannah crossing will be completed in a few days, but teams are allowed to cross it now." (Ferndale Enterprise)
April 18, 1931: "An order was made authorizing the closing and wrecking of the covered bridge across Mad River on the highway at Hannah's Crossing. The clerk was directed to advertise for bids and the sale of the bridge and its removal from its place on the river." (Blue Lake Advocate)