By Members of MFPD, MVFA, Mosquito Historical Society and Friends of Finnon
History The Mosquito Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) was founded in 1972, not long after development began on the Swansboro Country subdivision in 1968. Much of the early historical information of Mosquito comes from written recollections of Lois Pearson and Lucille Davies. In her book, “Mosquito Memories”, Lois describes her grandfather, Adam Melchior arriving in the area in 1852 by ox-team from Pennsylvania. The community was named Mosquito in 1853.
It seems a few miners were sitting around the campfire thinking about naming the area, and agreed the next word out of anyone’s mouth would be the name. Just then one of the miners was bit by a Mosquito and yelled, “Damn Mosquito!” Well they couldn’t call it “Damn”…continue reading. MFPD CalFire Profile#3
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