Calico Print
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The Calico Print was a newspaper, established in 1882 and published during the heyday of the silver mining camp of Calico, California
prior to 1902. The Calico Print was also the name of a monthly, later bi-monthly, periodical of the mid-20th century.
's rebuilt Calico Ghost Town.
, became the principal editors. They produced 17 monthly issues in the tabloid form. But the Weights had slipped back into the same deadline-driven routine that drove them from Desert Magazine, forcing them to neglect their efforts to record the stories and history of rapidly disappearing desert pioneers.
To cope with that, periodicity of Calico Print was changed to one every two months and the format was changed to that of a slick illustrated digest size
magazine
. Nine issues of Calico Print in magazine form were issued from June 1952 through November 1953 by the Weight's Calico Press in Twentynine Palms, California
. These nine issues, packed with detailed desert history, are now highly prized by desert enthusiasts. In addition to articles authored by the Weights, there are contributions from other noted writers -- Adelaide Arnold, L. Burr Belden, Ed Rochester, Edmund C. Jaeger
, Jerry Laudermilk, Charles F. Lummis, Arthur Woodward, Senator Charles Brown, Harry Oliver
, Ruth Kirk, and more.
In the nine-issue run of Calico Print, in its magazine format, a so-called "Folio" section is included in several of the issues. Of special interest among these Folios is the one devoted to an exhaustive study of Wm. B. Rood, of Death Valley pioneer fame, published in the Aug-Sept 1952. Other such Folios covered the Comstock Lode
(June 1952); Belmont, Nevada
(Oct-Nov 1952); Greenwater, California
(January 1953); The Great Survey (March 1953); the Kofa Mountains and King Mine of Arizona (May 1953); New Almaden
, California's Oldest Mine (July 1953); and the legends of the Lost Ship of the Desert
(November 1953).
The Calico Print was discontinued at the end of 1953, and the Weights concentrated on their occasional Southwest Panomama series of books on desert history.
Calico, California
Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Calico Mountains of the Mojave Desert region of Southern California, it was founded in 1881 as a silver mining town, and today has been converted into a county park. Located off...
prior to 1902. The Calico Print was also the name of a monthly, later bi-monthly, periodical of the mid-20th century.
1930s
The "Calico Print" revival was established by Grail Fuller and Lucille Coke in the 1930s as a monthly tabloid, reprinting articles from the original newspaper as well as original material. It was sold primarily for visitors to Walter KnottWalter Knott
Walter Marvin Knott was an American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in California....
's rebuilt Calico Ghost Town.
1950s
With the November, 1950, issue of Calico Print, Harold and Lucile Weight, former staff editors at Desert MagazineDesert Magazine
Desert Magazine was a monthly regional publication based in the Colorado Desert, in the Coachella Valley town of Palm Desert near Palm Springs, United States.-Editors:...
, became the principal editors. They produced 17 monthly issues in the tabloid form. But the Weights had slipped back into the same deadline-driven routine that drove them from Desert Magazine, forcing them to neglect their efforts to record the stories and history of rapidly disappearing desert pioneers.
To cope with that, periodicity of Calico Print was changed to one every two months and the format was changed to that of a slick illustrated digest size
Digest size
Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5½ x 8¼ inches, but can also be 5⅜ x 8⅜ inches and 5½ x 7½ inches. These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
. Nine issues of Calico Print in magazine form were issued from June 1952 through November 1953 by the Weight's Calico Press in Twentynine Palms, California
Twentynine Palms, California
Twentynine Palms is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It was previously called Twenty-Nine Palms...
. These nine issues, packed with detailed desert history, are now highly prized by desert enthusiasts. In addition to articles authored by the Weights, there are contributions from other noted writers -- Adelaide Arnold, L. Burr Belden, Ed Rochester, Edmund C. Jaeger
Edmund Jaeger
Edmund Carroll Jaeger, D.Sc. was an American biologist known for his works on desert ecology. He was born in Nebraska and moved to California in 1906...
, Jerry Laudermilk, Charles F. Lummis, Arthur Woodward, Senator Charles Brown, Harry Oliver
Harry Oliver
Harold "Pee-Wee" Oliver was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League and the Boston Bruins and New York Americans of the National Hockey League . He was a member of the Tigers' 1924 WCHL championship and won the Stanley Cup with the...
, Ruth Kirk, and more.
In the nine-issue run of Calico Print, in its magazine format, a so-called "Folio" section is included in several of the issues. Of special interest among these Folios is the one devoted to an exhaustive study of Wm. B. Rood, of Death Valley pioneer fame, published in the Aug-Sept 1952. Other such Folios covered the Comstock Lode
Comstock Lode
The Comstock Lode was the first major U.S. discovery of silver ore, located under what is now Virginia City, Nevada, on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range. After the discovery was made public in 1859, prospectors rushed to the area and scrambled to stake their claims...
(June 1952); Belmont, Nevada
Belmont, Nevada
Belmont is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The town is a historic district listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is Nevada Historical Marker number 138.-History:...
(Oct-Nov 1952); Greenwater, California
Greenwater, California
Greenwater — formerly, Ramsey, The Camp, and Kunze — was an unincorporated community near Death Valley in eastern Inyo County, California. It is now a deserted ghost town.-Geography:...
(January 1953); The Great Survey (March 1953); the Kofa Mountains and King Mine of Arizona (May 1953); New Almaden
New Almaden
The New Almaden quicksilver mine in the Santa Teresa Hills in Santa Clara County, California, United States, is the oldest and most productive quicksilver mine in the U.S. The site was known to the Ohlone Indians for its cinnabar long before a Mexican settler discovered the ores in 1820...
, California's Oldest Mine (July 1953); and the legends of the Lost Ship of the Desert
Lost Ship of the Desert
The Lost Ship of the Desert is the subject of legends about ancient ships found in California's Colorado Desert. Since after the U.S. Civil War, stories have been told about buried ships hidden in the desert lands north of the Gulf of California....
(November 1953).
The Calico Print was discontinued at the end of 1953, and the Weights concentrated on their occasional Southwest Panomama series of books on desert history.
See also
- Tombstone EpitaphTombstone EpitaphThe Tombstone Epitaph is a Tombstone, Arizona-based monthly publication that serves as a window in the history and culture of the Old West. Founded on May 1, 1880, The Epitaph is the oldest continually published newspaper in Arizona.-History:...
- Desert Rat Scrap BookDesert Rat Scrap BookThe Desert Rat Scrap Book was a quarterly, southwestern humor publication based in Thousand Palms, California. DRSB was published in editions of 10,000 to 20,000 copies, whenever its creator, Harry Oliver had sufficient material, and money enough to pay the printer...
- Overland MonthlyOverland MonthlyOverland Monthly was a monthly magazine based in California, United States, and published in the 19th and 20th century.The magazine's first issue was in July 1868, and continued until the late 1875. The original publishers, in 1880, started The Californian, which became The Californian and Overland...
- Lost Ship of the DesertLost Ship of the DesertThe Lost Ship of the Desert is the subject of legends about ancient ships found in California's Colorado Desert. Since after the U.S. Civil War, stories have been told about buried ships hidden in the desert lands north of the Gulf of California....
- Ghost TownGhost Town"Ghost Town" is the title of a 1981 song by the British ska band, The Specials. The song spent three weeks at number one and ten weeks in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for...
Reference book
- "An Introductory Note to Harold and Lucile Weight's CALICO PRINT" - by Dennis G. Casebier; ISBN 0-914224-26-3.