Alta California (newspaper)

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daily newspaper newspaper

Alta California was a prominent 19th-century San Francisco newspaper known for its wide circulation and for publishing early works by notable American writers such as Mark Twain.

Aliases (3)

Alta California ×42
The Californian (newspaper) ×3
Daily Alta California ×1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	daily newspaper → newspaper →
alsoKnownAs	Daily Alta California → The Alta California →
ceasedPublicationReason	declining circulation → financial difficulties →
circulationArea	Pacific Coast →
city	San Francisco →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
coveredEvent	California Gold Rush → development of San Francisco →
distributionArea	California → San Francisco Bay Area →
endTime	1891 →
format	broadsheet →
formedByMergerOf	California Star → The Californian (newspaper) →
hasGenre	general-interest newspaper →
hasPredecessor	California Star → The Californian (newspaper) →
headquartersLocation	San Francisco, California →
historicalPeriod	Gold Rush era → Reconstruction era United States →
language	English →
locatedIn	San Francisco Bay Area → San Francisco, California → West Coast of the United States →
mediaType	print →
notableFor	being one of the earliest daily newspapers in California → coverage of California Gold Rush era → publishing early works by Mark Twain → wide circulation in 19th-century San Francisco →
originalName	Alta California →
politicalAlignment	varied over time →
publicationPeriod	19th century →
publishedWorkBy	Bret Harte → Mark Twain → other 19th-century American writers →
startTime	1849 →
state	California →
subjectOf	studies of early California journalism →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alta California ("Daily Alta California") →	alsoKnownAs
The Innocents Abroad →	firstPublicationOutlet
Alta California ("The Californian (newspaper)") →	formedByMergerOf
Alta California ("The Californian (newspaper)") →	hasPredecessor
Robert Semple ("The Californian (newspaper)") →	notableWork