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California Mining Town Newspapers, 1850-1880 (1954) (112 pages)

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF THE NEWSPAPERS Company with Wells, Ridge and Skelton as owners; Ridge as editor. Ridge died in 1867 and the paper ceased publication in 1872. Republican—Daily, Nov. 9, 1871-April 9, 1872. D. B. Frink, publisher and owner. Removed to Truckee where it became the Truckee Republican. Telegraph—First issue September 1853. Oliver and Moore, proprietors. In May 1854 Warren B. Ewer and J. H. Boardman took over, with H. J. Shipley as editor. The latter was a brilliant editor, but he ran into the temperament of the notorious Lola Montez, and because of fancied insults she gave him a public whipping that ended his editorial career in Grass Valley. He left, and after spending some time in Nevada City and Sacramento he died in the latter city by his own hand. In 1854 the paper office burned and again, in July 1855 of that year, it was taken over by Rufus Shoemaker and George D. Roberts, and the name was changed to the Nevada National Weekly, published in Grass Valley, but distributed from Nevada City. Union — Began publication October 1864, supporting the re-election of President Lincoln and opposing the stand of John Rollin Ridge, editor of the Nevada National. The men behind the financing of the Union were not known, and the only name openly associated with its editorial staff was that of James W. E. Townsend, a [ 39 ]