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The first newspaper published in Modesto, California...



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October 14, 1881

STANISLAUS COUNTY WEEKLY NEWS, Modesto, California, Oct. 14, 1881  An early newspaper from this city in North-central California which when it began in 1868 was the first newspaper in Modesto. In 1881 the population of the town was less than 1000.
Various news events of the day, local, regional and national, with a wealth of advertising.
Page 2 has a report: "The Apache" which includes: "...Apache Indians...having waged a perpetual war against the white for the past 65 years...have always been a cruel, restless, vagabond tribe and even inferior to the average Indian in courage...have perhaps murdered in cold blood more women and children than any six tribes of Indians...".
Four pages, large folio size, very nice condition.

Category: The Old West