The Nevada Journal was a Nevada City, California newspaper. It was the first paper published in Nevada County, and was also one of the first ever published in the mountains of the U.S. state of California. Controlled by the Whigs, the first issue was published on April 19 (or 21), 1851 by Warren Baxter Ewer.[1] During its first ten years, the editors were W.B. Ewer (1851); Henry ("Harry") A. DeCourcey and Aaron A. Sargent (1852–55); E.G. Waite (1855–56) A.A. Sargent (1856); E.G. Waite (1858); B. Bireley (1859–1861). After Ewer, the publishers were Alban & DeCourcey with A.A. Sargent (1852); Sargent & Budd, E.R. Budd (1854); N.P. Brown & Co. (1855); Waite, Brown, Skelton & Fuller Co. (1855–56); Brown, Waite & Co. (1856); Brown & Waite (1856–1858); Lockwood, Thompson & Waite (1858); Brown, Waite & Co. (1859–1861).[2] It suspended publication in 1861, but was revived soon after and published another year and a half.[3]

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  1. ↑ Bean's history and directory of Nevada County, California: Containing a complete history of the county, with sketches of the various towns and mining camps ... also, full statistics of mining and all other industrial resources (Public domain ed.). Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office. 1867. p. 40. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "About The Nevada journal. (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??". Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ↑ United States census office (1884). History and present condition of the newspaper and periodical press of the United States, with a catalogue of the publications of the census year, by S.N.D. North (Public domain ed.). pp. 360–. Retrieved 3 March 2013.


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