Discussing the first newspaper in California published on August 15, 1846

On August 15, 1846, Robert Semple and Walter Colton resurrected an old wooden common press in Monterey and published the first edition of the “Californian” newspaper. This was the first newspaper published in California. The printing press they used was originally brought to California in the mid 1830s by Agustín V. Zamorano to publish books and government documents as Monterey was the capital of Alta California. The “Californian” newspaper was published weekly until November 1848, when its entire staff departed for the gold fields. Its rival newspaper, the California Star, operated by Samuel Brannan and Edward C. Kemble, suspended publication for the same reason on June 14, 1848. Kemble would later use the press that published the Californian to publish Sacramento’s first newspaper, the Placer Times, on April 28, 1849. In honor of today, Jared letterpress printed the name of California’s first newspaper using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852. The large wood type was made by the Hamilton Wood Type Company roughly 120 years ago. #onthisday #todayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #californiahistory #newspaper #monterey #museum #history #sacramento #letterpress #printingpress #typography #youtubeshort #printing #asmr #short #shortsvideo #oldsacramento #sachistorymuseum

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