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| Type | Twice-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Pacific Publishing Company |
| Founded | May 16, 1865 |
| Language | English |
| City | Carson City, Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
The Nevada Appeal is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Carson City, Nevada, by Pacific Publishing Company.
The paper has sister publications across northern Nevada:
The Nevada Appeal was first published in on May 16, 1865, as the Carson Daily Appeal. It claims to be the oldest continuously published newspaper in Nevada, as well as be the oldest continuously operating business in Carson City.
It was renamed the Daily State Register in 1870. In 1872, the Register merged with the New Daily Appeal, which had been founded earlier in 1872 by the first editor of the original Daily Appeal, Henry Rust Mighels, earlier in the year. The paper dropped the "New" from its masthead in 1873. In May 1877 it was renamed the Morning Appeal, then it went back to being the Daily Appeal in 1906. In 1947 it was finally renamed to the Nevada Appeal, the name it keeps to this day.
The paper's first office was a low stone building at the corner of Second and Carson Streets. On October 19, 1948, the Appeal moved to a new home at 110 W. Telegraph Street, then three years later, on July 9, 1951, it moved into the Carson Brewery at the corner of King and Division. On November 18, 1974, the paper moved again to 200 Bath St. This office was gutted by fire on March 28, 1979, but the paper stayed in business using rented facilities and equipment. The final move was on March 8, 2002, when they moved into their current facility at 580 Mallory Way.
Until 1961 it was printed by letterpress. It converted to offset printing on March 13, 1961.
From 1878 to 1880, the paper was owned by Nellie Verill Mighels, wife of Henry Mighels. She was one of the first women in the world to own a newspaper.
From late 2008 to early 2009, the newspaper was affected by market forces that plagued the industry at large. In May 2009 the Appeal's print schedule was reduced to five days a week. Tuesday printings resumed in September 2010.
In July 2018, the Appeal reduced its print schedule from six to two days a week. Similar cuts were made at its sister newspapers. The Appeal publishes news seven days a week online.
On April 16, 2019, an edition of the Nevada Appeal was found during the opening of a time capsule from 1872 in the cornerstone of a demolished Masonic lodge in Reno. [1] [2]
On August 1, 2019, Pacific Publishing Company [3] bought the Nevada Appeal from Swift Communications Inc. along with sister publications The Record-Courier, the Lahontan Valley News and Northern Nevada Business View.
Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the sixth largest city in the state. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on the eastern edge of the Carson Range, a branch of the Sierra Nevada, about 30 miles (50 km) south of Reno. The city is named after the mountain man Kit Carson. The town began as a stopover for California-bound immigrants, but developed into a city with the Comstock Lode, a silver strike in the mountains to the northeast. The city has served as Nevada's capital since statehood in 1864; for much of its history it was a hub for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, although the tracks were removed in 1950.
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The Territorial Enterprise, founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James on December 18, 1858, was a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada. Published for its first two years in Genoa in what was then Utah Territory, new owners Jonathan Williams and J. B. Woolard moved the paper to Carson City, the capital of the territory, in 1859. The paper changed hands again the next year; Joseph T. Goodman and Dennis E. McCarthy moved it again, this time to Virginia City, in 1860.
The History of Nevada as a state began when it became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election. Statehood was rushed to help ensure three electoral votes for Abraham Lincoln's reelection and add to the Republican congressional majorities.
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Philip Verrill Mighels was an American writer and novelist. His early poems, short stories, and several of his novels, including his best-selling Bruvver Jim’s Baby and The Furnace of Gold, are part of the Sagebrush School of American literature. He was also a versatile and prolific author, recognized for his science fiction novels, romances, and political commentary. Less-known are his detective novels.
Luella Kirkbride Drumm was a 20th-century American politician and Democrat who was elected to the Nevada State Legislature in 1939. The representative for Churchill County, she was the only woman to serve in the Nevada Assembly that year. During her tenure, she chaired the Agriculture, Engrossment, Federal Relations, and Fish and Game committees, and advocated for legislation that improved the rights of women.
Mary Daisy White was a 20th-century American politician and business owner. One of the first women ever elected to the Nevada State Legislature, she represented rural Churchill County from November 1924 to November 1926. In 1953, she was declared to be the oldest Churchill County native still living in the county.