The February 9, 1850 edition of the “Placer Times” devotes the whole front page to the proposed legislation to create the City of Sacramento. However, on the second page it has a number of interesting items of local news. The…
Criminal Annals, Part 22 – The Placer Times: Rumors of War?
The January 26, 1850 edition of the “Placer Times” is a newspaper that shows even in those days, there were what are now commonly known as “slow news days.” It wasn’t that nothing was happening, it usually meant that the…
Criminal Annals, Part 21 – The Placer Times: The Disturbance at the Mines (Continued)
In response to the information from the “Alta California,” regarding a problem between the American and Chilean miners on the Calaveras River, as printed in the January 19, 1850 issue of the “Placer Times,” the Placer Times printed a second…
Criminal Annals, Part 20 – The Placer Times: The Disturbance at the Mines
There was no January 12, 1850 issue of the “Placer Times,” due to the major flooding in Sacramento. The January 19, 1850 issue devotes about one-half of the front page to a story titled, “The Disturbance at the Mines.” Although…
Criminal Annals, Part 19 – The Placer Times: The Population Increases Dramatically
In April of 1849, according to the December 8 issue of the “Placer Times,” the population of California was approximately 31,000 “souls,” as they put it. By November 28 of the same year, the population had tripled to 94,000, about…
Criminal Annals, Part 18 – The Placer Times: California has a Constitution
For most of the month of November, 1849, the “Placer Times” published the results of the recent election. The Constitution for the State of California was approved overwhelmingly, Peter H. Burnett was elected Governor (one of his famous opponents, John…