Humboldt County, CA and Trinity County, CA Biographies Pioneer days in California: (1891) By: Carr, John, 1827-1896 Humboldt County (Calif.) - Biography; Trinity County (Calif.) - Biography Publisher: Eureka, Cal., Times publishing company CHAPTER XLVII. BIOGRAPHY. Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm LOWELL, CAPT. DAVID� A native of Maine; came to California in 1851, and to Humboldt in 1852; was wrecked on the bar in the steamer "Sea Gull "in 1852.