The county's economy was never healthy after the gold rush. The area was contested with Native American tribes. The "Klamath and Salmon River Indian "War" and the 1858-1864 "Bald Hills War" involved white vigilantes hunting down and killing most adult males and killing, capturing, or enslaving women and children. Many of the captive natives subsequently died of starvation and exposure at Fort Humboldt. The white settler's economy suffered from the effects of the Indian "wars", which disrupted the supplies to the settlements from the coastal towns. Worse still was the devastating effects of the Great Flood of 1862 which swept away the riverside settlements, mining works and ferries. In 1874 Klamath County was finally abolished, divided between Siskiyou and Humboldt counties. The official reason for dissolving of Klamath County was its electoral corruption. In one election there were many more votes tallied than voters. Present day Del Norte County occupies part of Klamath County.