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June 25, 2017 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

It looks like reading old newspapers isn’t a new pastime and remains as addictive as ever … Sonoma Democrat > 10 December 1857 OLD CALIFORNIA PAPERS. Californian. — We are indebted to W. H. Crowell, our esteemed County Clerk, for the perusal of a file of the Californian, a weekly paper published in San Francisco … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Thinking about Tagged: 1848, Benicia, Monterey, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sonoma, The Californian

STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA— 1870 — July-August.

December 24, 2016 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Sacramento Daily Union, 2 January 1871 JULY. 1st — The residence of Captain Blair, near Stockton, burned ; loss, $25,000. 2d — W. D. Walsh, while riding with his wife at Oakland, was thrown from the buggy and his neck broken …. P. Breen was drowned in Pajaro river. 3d — A party of fourteen … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Faits Divers, Thinking about Tagged: a rotten egg, Admiral Farragut, brutal outrage, Feather River, Georgetown, Giant powder, Grass Valley, half-mast, hay, Knight’s Ferry, Marysville, Monterey, Mormon Slough, Nevada City, Oakland, Oro Fino, San Mateo, Stockton, Yuba City, £1 notes

MONTEREY – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …

November 19, 2016 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 103, 29 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. MONTEREY. — This name is composed of the words monte and rey, and literally means “king of forests.” The harbor of Monterey … [Read more…]

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