Inyo - Lassen County California Newspapers, 1894
Inyo County
Population, 3,544; agricultural and
mineral. Inyo county contains an area of 12,100 square miles.
Something near 15,000 acres are under cultivation. Independence
is the county seat. Assessed valuation, $1,527,473.
Bishop, Population 500
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Register |
P. A. Chalfant & Son |
Thur. |
Ind. - Rep. |
1885 |
Independence, Population 550
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Independent |
I. H. Mulholland |
Friday |
Dem. |
1870 |
Index |
C. W. Craig |
Wed. |
Rep. |
1887 |
Kern County
Population, 9,808; stock-raising,
agricultural and mineral pursuits; area estimated at 8,160
square miles. The line of production is mainly in the way of
stock-raising, the cultivation of the soil being carried on as
an aid to that pursuit. Assessed valuation, $12,870,690.
Bakersfield is the county seat.
Bakersfield, Population
3,360
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
California |
G. F. Weeks |
Daily. |
Rep. |
1890 |
California |
Weekly Edition |
Sat. |
Rep. |
1866 |
Gazette |
Gen. W. Wear |
Sat. |
Dem. |
1884 |
Kern Co. Echo |
Smith & Gregory |
Thur. |
Rep. |
1886 |
La t'rouica Mexicana |
P. Gomez |
Sat. |
Ind. |
1892 |
Kern City, Population 1,200
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Standard |
Margaret H. Fay |
Thur. |
Ind. |
1892 |
Tehachipi, Population 600
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Summit Sun |
C. A. Seay |
Friday |
Dem. |
1891 |
Kings County
Population, 11,000; fruits, agriculture
and dairying. This county was formed in 1893 from the western
part of Tulare county. Fruits of all kinds grow in profusion,
while grain is the chief production. The lumber interests are
large and flourishing. No statistics have been compiled.
Hanford, Population 1,450
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Journal |
F. V. Dewey |
Tues. |
Dem. |
1891 |
Review |
Hanford Pub. Co |
Sat. |
Dem. |
1893 |
Sentinel |
Dodge Bros |
Thur. |
Rep. |
1886 |
Lemoore, Population 700
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Advance |
R. R. Cadwell |
Thur. |
Ind. |
1892 |
Leader |
W. M. Gill & Son |
Sat. |
Ind. |
1889 |
Lake County
Population, 7,101; chiefly agricultural.
It is estimated that the area of valley, or first-class
agricultural land, is from 80,000 to 100,000 acres. The
resources of this county are mostly de-rived from the crops of
wheat, barley, oats, corn, hops and potatoes, from fruit, from
sheep and hogs, and from pineries and quicksilver mines.
Wine-making, too, is becoming an important industry, and lumber
mills are annually increasing in number and power. This county
is widely known as the Switzerland of America," and is a famous
resort of tourists, and has many health giving mineral springs.
The assessed value of the taxable property in 1891 was
$3,864,819. Lakeport, on the western side of the beautiful Clear
Lake, is the county seat.
Kelseyville, Population 400
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
New Era |
O. L. Stanley |
Sat. |
Ind-Rep. |
1889 |
Lakeport, Population 1,295
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Bee |
Beach & Say re |
Friday |
Rep. |
1872 |
Lake Co. Avalanche |
H. A. McCraney |
Thur. |
Ind. |
1886 |
Press |
J. L. Allison |
Sat. |
Dem. |
1888 |
Lower Lake, Population 1,200
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Bulletin |
A. E. Noel |
Sat. |
Ind |
1870 |
Middletown, Population
550
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Independent; |
Pentecost & Read |
Sat. |
Rep. |
1888 |
Lassen County
Population, 4,239; chiefly
stock-raising. The county is seventy miles in width, and
embraces an area of 5,000 square miles, or 3,200,000 acres, made
up as follows: valleys, 375,000 acres; foot-hills, 325,000
acres, and mountains, 2,000,000 acres. Lassen possesses many
attractions for the tourist and those fond of summer camping and
hunting. Wild game abounds in all parts of the county. The
county seat is Susanville. The assessed valuation of property in
1891 was $2,647,179.
Bieber, Population 800
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Big Valley Gazette |
Nathan Bieber |
Thur. |
Ind. |
1893 |
Susanville, Population 1,153
Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
Advocate |
Hayden McDiarmid |
Thur. |
Ind. |
1865 |
Mail |
R. M. Tremain |
Thur. |
Dem. |
1886 |
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Source: Pacific States Newspaper
Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San
Francisco, 1894
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