Printing & discussing the name of California’s 2nd newspaper, first published on January 9, 1847 скачать в хорошем качестве

Printing & discussing the name of California’s 2nd newspaper, first published on January 9, 1847

On January 9, 1847, the first edition of the California Star was published in San Francisco (then known as Yerba Buena). This was the first newspaper published in San Francisco and the second newspaper published in California (the Californian newspaper had been published since August 15, 1846 in Monterey). The editor of the Star was Samuel Brannan, who brought a printing press with him when he came to California in 1846 aboard the ship the Brooklyn. The Star was a four-page paper published weekly on Saturdays and published some of the most notable accounts of the time including the rescue of the Donner Party in February 1847 and the first steamboat on the Sacramento River in December 1847. What the California Star is most known for, through Brannan’s efforts, spreading the news of gold on the American River in 1848. As a businessman who also sold mining supplies at shops located at Sutter’s Fort and San Francisco, Sam Brannan wanted to capitalize on using his newspaper to entice gold seekers to come to California. In April 1848, he hired Nathan Hawk to travel overland heading east and hand a copy of the newspaper, which included accounts of gold in the Sacramento Valley, to every wagon party Hawk saw traveling to Oregon instead of California. A copy of The California Star reached New York in July and the New York Herald published the word of gold on August 19, 1848, which was over three months before President James K. Polk confirmed gold in California in his December 1848 address to Congress. However, the entire workforce abandoned the Star’s printing office for the gold field on June 14, 1848. The Californian, the Star’s rival, suspended publication for the same reason in November 1848. In November 1848, Brannan sold the Star to Edward Kemble, who had also acquired the Californian newspaper. Kemble merged the two papers to become the “Weekly Alta California.” Because only one printing press was sufficient, Edward Kemble took the older common press to Sacramento City and published the city’s first newspaper, the “Placer Times,” in a small adobe building outside Sutter’s Fort starting on April 28, 1849. Robert Semple became the editor of the Alta California and was publishing the paper 3 days a week by December 1849. For today, Jared discussed the formation of newspaper while letterpress printing “California Star” in 15 line pica (2.5 inches) wood type. This was printed with Pantone Warm Red oil base ink using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852. #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #sanfrancisco #newspaper #newspaperhistory #californiahistory #california #typography #powerofthepress #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing #youtubeshorts #youtube #shorts #short #shortvideo #shortsvideo #oldsacramento