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Title:
The mountain messenger. [volume] : (La Porte, Calif.) 1855-current
Alternative Titles:
  • Mountain messenger and the independent messenger Apr. 9-June 11, 1987
Place of publication:
La Porte, Calif.
Geographic coverage:
  • La Porte, Plumas, California  |  View more titles from this: City County, State
  • Downieville, Sierra, California  |  View more titles from this: City County, State
  • Gibsonville, Sierra, California  |  View more titles from this: City County, State
Publisher:
W.F. Myers
Dates of publication:
1855-current
Description:
  • Began in 1855. Cf. Giffen, H.S. Calif. mining town newspapers, 1850-1880, 1954.
Frequency:
Weekly
Language:
  • English
Subjects:
  • California--Nevada County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01206058
  • California--Plumas County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01215711
  • California--Sierra County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01215843
  • California--Yuba County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01215842
  • Nevada County (Calif.)--Newspapers.
  • Plumas County (Calif.)--Newspapers.
  • Sierra County (Calif.)--Newspapers.
  • Yuba County (Calif.)--Newspapers.
Notes:
  • Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 31 (Dec. 12, 1857).
  • Editor: J.A. Vaughn, <1876>.
  • Master negatives are available for duplication from:
  • Published at Gibsonville, Calif., <Sept. 1855>; at La Porte, Calif., Sept. 1855-Jan. 1864. Publication moved to Downieville, Calif., 1864. Cf. NIM.
  • Publishers: A.T. Dewey, <1855>; Dewey & Byrne, <1859>; A.T. Dewey, <1862>; Dewey & Vaughn, 1863-<1866>; Downer, Whitney & Vaughn, <1868>; J.A. Vaughn & Co., <1870>; Vaughn & Downer, <1876>.
  • Temporarily joined with: Nevada County independent messenger, to form: Mountain messenger and the independent messenger.
LCCN:
sn 81005880
OCLC:
7808380
ISSN:
0278-4394
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