A rare title from this early Gold Rush town...
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COLUMBIA GAZETTE, AND THE SOUTHERN MINES ADVERTISER, California, April 16, 1856
* Very rare gold rush era boomtown publication
* Town nicknamed "Gem of the Southern Mines"
Columbia is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Tuolumne County, California. It was founded as a boomtown in 1850 when gold was discovered in the vicinity during the California Gold Rush. The town's historic central district is within Columbia State Historic Park, which preserves the 19th century mining town features. The U.S. historic district is a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Today the population is about 2300.
* Very rare gold rush era boomtown publication
* Town nicknamed "Gem of the Southern Mines"
Columbia is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Tuolumne County, California. It was founded as a boomtown in 1850 when gold was discovered in the vicinity during the California Gold Rush. The town's historic central district is within Columbia State Historic Park, which preserves the 19th century mining town features. The U.S. historic district is a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Today the population is about 2300.
This is just the second issue from this town we have offered in our 48 years. This title existed for just 34 months Nov., 1855 thru August, 1858.
Four pages, a few small tape mends, staining. There is trimming to portions of the margins, but since never bound nor commercially trimmed the margins are very wide, with the trimming still not close to any text.
history notes: The Columbia Gazette and the Southern Mines Advertiser, published in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, from November 1855 to August 1858, was a prominent newspaper of the Gold Rush era that emerged from the merger of the Columbia Gazette and the Southern Mines Advertiser. Serving as a vital source of information for the local mining communities, it reported on mining news, local events, politics, social issues, and advertisements, reflecting both the challenges and daily life of residents in the Southern Mines region. Edited by figures such as T. N. Cazneau and J. C. Duchow, the newspaper helped shape public opinion and provided a forum for discourse in a rapidly developing frontier town. Its semi-weekly issues documented the transformative period of California’s Gold Rush, offering historians and genealogists a rich record of community life, economic activity, and the social dynamics of mid-19th-century California mining towns.
Four pages, a few small tape mends, staining. There is trimming to portions of the margins, but since never bound nor commercially trimmed the margins are very wide, with the trimming still not close to any text.
history notes: The Columbia Gazette and the Southern Mines Advertiser, published in Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, from November 1855 to August 1858, was a prominent newspaper of the Gold Rush era that emerged from the merger of the Columbia Gazette and the Southern Mines Advertiser. Serving as a vital source of information for the local mining communities, it reported on mining news, local events, politics, social issues, and advertisements, reflecting both the challenges and daily life of residents in the Southern Mines region. Edited by figures such as T. N. Cazneau and J. C. Duchow, the newspaper helped shape public opinion and provided a forum for discourse in a rapidly developing frontier town. Its semi-weekly issues documented the transformative period of California’s Gold Rush, offering historians and genealogists a rich record of community life, economic activity, and the social dynamics of mid-19th-century California mining towns.
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