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From the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas... The first issue published...
From the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas... The first issue published...
Item # 705161
January 10, 1874
FOOT-HILL WEEKLY TIDINGS, Grass Valley, California, Jan. 10, 1874
* Rare Old West publication
* Volume 1 - Number 1 issue
* Many interesting advertisements
This town in Northern California was formally named "Boston Ravine" and then "Centerville". It began as a mining town, situated at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in Northeastern Calif.
This is the volume 1, number 1 issue.
Articles include: "Quartz Mining as a Business" "Mark Twain Introduces Himself to a London Audience" "Explanatory" being the publisher's justification for printing the newspaper; "Foot-hills vs. Pigeon Point" "Our Mines, Great & Small" and much more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, various margin tears and light foxing as it typical of a first issue, generally good.
AI notes: The Foot-Hill Weekly Tidings was a weekly newspaper published in Grass Valley, California, beginning in January 1874. It primarily covered local news, mining reports, and advertisements during the late 19th century. The paper served the Gold Rush-era mining community and ran into the 1890s. Surviving issues are archived at institutions like the Library of Congress and the Doris Foley Library.
Category: The Old West
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