The 2002 Periscope - Early Newspapers

The 2002 Periscope - Early Newspapers

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Bill Jennings, writing for the Riverside Daily Enterprise on April 27, 1967, recounted the story of the first newspaper published in the Coachella Valley. a marker to commemorate the event was dedicated by the Coachella Valley Historical Society and placed on Bliss Street near the corner of Fargo Street, almost on the exact site of that first printing office. Jennings' article states, "Unless you count a few now-priceless special circulars put out by early land speculators, Coachella Valley's first true newspaper did not appear until December 13, 1901." The marker was placed as close to the actual site of the publishing headquarters of The Submarine, written, edited and printed on an old Michle Snapper hand press by Ronald R. Freeman. Freeman promptly made national copy with his claim that The Submarine was "the most low-down paper on earth, published every Friday." He was referring to his tent, located 22 feet below sea-level. Coachella Valley Historical Society, 2002, 32 pages, paperback