MARCH. 1st — Particulars of the loss of United States steamer Oneida, by being run into by the British steamer Bombay, near Yokohama, received by the arrival of the bark Benefactress. 2d — Earthquake at Calistoga and Healdsburg. 3d — James Smilie fired four shots at a Mexican woman he had been living with, named … [Read more…]
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. SANTA BARBARA. — There being a distance of more than five hundred miles between the military posts of San Diego and Monterey, … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California – 25 February 1882 BEER. Its Use Increasing in the United States — Surpassing Excellence of the Product of the Philadelphia Brewery of this City. Gradually the consumption of beer increases in this country, and what formerly was almost an entirely national German beverage, is becoming the national beverage of the United … [Read more…]