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The Weekly Register-Call is the oldest weekly newspaper in Colorado.It is published by Robert Sweeney in Black Hawk, Colorado.The newspaper was originally known as the Miners' Register (also Daily Miners' Register), which was changed to the Central City Register (also called Daily) on July 26, 1868, and after an 1870s merger it has been known as the Register-Call
Central City is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Gilpin County. [7] The city population was 779, all in Gilpin County, at the 2020 United States census . [ 5 ] The city is a historic mining settlement founded in 1859 during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush and came to be known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth".
(Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century) Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) "a service of the Colorado State Library... includes more than 2,000,000 digitized pages from more than 500 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923" and, with publisher's permission, some newer ...
With money West saved he established Colorado's eighth newspaper, and Golden's third newspaper, in 1866. He named it the Transcript after his old newspaper, the Boston Transcript, which published from 1830 to 1941 on Milk Street across from the Old South Meeting House in Boston. The namesake has now outlived the 110-year career of the original.
By the time the Territory of Colorado was formed on February 28, 1861, Central City was already the largest city in the entire territory, though Denver was made the state capital. The Central City/Black Hawk area was a basically continuous arc of mining camps and urban development, with a population of more than 3,000 at its height in 1870.
The county population as a percentage of the Colorado state population as of July 1, 2018, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] The rank of the municipality within the county by population within the county as of July 1, 2018, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] The official name of the municipality. [3] The county seat is shown ...
He and Edward L. Thayer, his mining partner, managed mines near Denver, Fairplay, Central City, and Black Hawk. They also operated supply stores in Gilpin County, Colorado. [6] He became wealthy through the sale of two of his profitable mines. [11] His first deposit at the National Bank in Central City was for $60,000 (equivalent to $1,526,000 ...
The Plaindealer is a frequent winner of Colorado Press Association awards in its class, [citation needed] and in 2007 publisher David Mullings received the state's "Service to the First" (Amendment) award for initiating legal action against the Ouray County Board of County Commissioners that resulted in an open process of selecting planning commissioners.