A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

First Newspaper In California

1846 

FIRST NEWSPAPER IN CALIFORNIA 
IS ESTABLISHED IN MONTEREY 

Robert Semple, participant in the Bear Flag Revolt and 
later President of the California Constitutional Conventions, 
and Walter Colton, Alcalde of Monterey, establish the 
first newspaper in California, The Californian.

Nearby Plaques On Google Maps