This fantastic, "Wild West" Newspaper measures approx. 14” by 21” and contains 4 pages printed in 5 columns. In 1880 the Carson City Morning Appeal was one of many Newspapers published throughout the American "Wild West" – Newspapers that chronicled gunfights, stagecoach robberies, western justice, cowboys, Indians and most of all "everyday happenings" that, more than anything, give us an insight to what life was truly like in the American Frontier West.

    Offered here is Volume 16, Number 25 of the Daily Edition of the Morning Appeal. Published by “Mrs. N. V. Mighels” – the wife of the Newspaper’s founder – H. R. Mighels – who had died in 1879.

    Henry Rust Mighels (November 3, 1830 – May 27, 1879) was a US journalist and politician. A writer of the Sagebrush School, he was the editor and publisher of Carson City, Nevada's Nevada Appeal. He was born in Minot, Maine. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as assistant adjutant general, with the rank of captain, and was wounded in action. In 1868, he was elected State Printer and served a two-year term. In 1876, he was elected to the Nevada Assembly, serving as Speaker in 1877. The following year, he ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. He was also an artist, painting still life and landscapes. His one book, Sage Brush Leaves (1879), consists of literary essays. He died of cancer in 1879 in Carson City and is buried at Lone Mountain Cemetery next to his wife Nellie Verrill Mighels

    Commercial Advertising and Legal Notices fill much of the issue offered here. There is, however, notes on local news and events, happenings in the Capitol Building, national and world news, etc.

    There is also a report of the details of a goings on at various mines and reports of various other odds and ends regarding comings and going in Carson City. Of special interest are the extensive advertisements and notices printed in the Newspaper. Included are ads for numerous Saloons, Stage Coach Lines, Mining Equipment, Cigar Shops, meat markets, Wine & Liquor merchants, grocers, dentists, Blacksmiths, The Reno Brewery, Chinese laundry, Livery Stables, etc. that paint a fascinating picture of life in this Western Town. A number of the advertisements are illustrated and interspersed with these “western” subject adverts are ads for lawyers, physicians, accountants, assayers, mining brokers, real estate agents, civil engineers, notary publics, etc.

    Carson City was founded as a City in 1858,when Abraham Curry bought Eagle Station Trading Post on the Carson River and the settlement was thereafter renamed Carson City. Curry and several other partners had Eagle Valley surveyed for development. Curry decided Carson City would someday serve as the capital city and left a 10-acre plot in the center of town for a capitol building. After gold and silver were discovered in 1859 on nearby Comstock Lode, Carson City's population began to grow. Curry built the Warm Springs Hotel a mile to the east of the city center. When territorial governor James W. Nye traveled to Nevada, he chose Carson City as the territorial capital, influenced by Carson City lawyer William Stewart, who escorted him from San Francisco to Nevada. As such, Carson City bested Virginia City and American Flat. Curry loaned the Warm Springs Hotel to the territorial Legislature as a meeting hall. The Legislature named Carson City to be the seat of Ormsby County and selected the hotel as the territorial prison, with Curry serving as its first warden. Today, the property is still part of the state prison. When Nevada became a state in 1864 during the American Civil War, Carson City was confirmed as Nevada's permanent capital. Carson City's development was no longer dependent on the mining industry and instead became a thriving commercial center. The Virginia and Truckee Railroad was built between Virginia City and Carson City. A log flume was also built from the Sierra Nevada into Carson City. The current capitol building was constructed from 1870 to 1871. The United States Mint operated the Carson City Mint between the years 1870 and 1893, which struck gold and silver coins. People came from China during that time, many to work on the railroad. Some of them owned businesses and taught school. By 1880, almost a thousand Chinese people, "one for every five Caucasians", lived in Carson City.

    This exceptionally rare and fascinating, 1880 Carson City, Nevada Newspaper is in excellent condition - complete and intact with very light edge wear only. The Paper is clean and crisp and very well preserved especially given that it was published almost 145 years ago in the American West!!

    Again we must stress that this is NOT a reprint or reproduction but the original April 9, 1880 printing of this Western Americana Daily Newspaper. Sold, as always, without reserve and a 100% lifetime guarantee of authenticity

    A very rare and fascinating, original relic of the Old West - the April 9, 1880 issue of the Carson City, Nevada “Morning Appeal" published in Carson City, Nevada and a fantastic addition to any Collection!!