Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1870/04/02 William Frederick Prisk Jr is born in Grass Valley, California, the son of William Prisk and Mary (Hosking) Prisk from Camborne, Cornwall, England. Born
1888/00/00 William Prisk, after starting out as a paper boy at the age, becomes a partner with the Grass Valley Evening Telegraph at the age of 18. Work
1889/02/23 Rufus Shoemaker and William Prisk publish their first newspaper, the Evening Telegraph. Prisk is typesetter, reporter and business manager. Work
1893/06/13 William Prisk becomes editor of the Grass Valley Daily Union. Work
1894/06/12 The Grass Valley Daily Union becomes the first of its size (under 1,000 circulation) to become a member of the Associated Press and receive its telegraphic dispatches. Work
1895/03/01 Under the leadership of Jo Snyder, the Grass Valley Daily Union opens a branch office in Nevada City, California. Work
1897/00/00 William Prisk is elected to the California Senate. At the age of 27, he is the Legislature's youngest member. He will not seek re-election. Work California State Capitol Sacramento
1901/02/24 After Prisk buys The Nevada City Herald and merges it with The Union using The Herald's former Nevada City office, now 301 Broad St. The paper then became known as the Daily Morning Union and The Herald and later, Daily Morning Union and Herald. Work Nevada City Downtown Historic District Nevada City, CA
1903/07/30 Prisk relocates The Union to 151 Mill St in Grass Valley, a building built around a new, state-of-the-art Duplex web-fed press. The innovations taking place at The Union building play a key role in the paper surviving early competition. Work Grass Valley, CA California
1904/00/00 Charles Prisk and his older brother, William F Prisk, buy the Pasadena Evening Star. Charles also owns the Pasadena Post and the Long Beach Press-Telegram, of which William F Prisk, is the publisher. Work The Pasadena Star-News Building Pasadena, CA
1952/00/00 William Prisk works as editor and publisher of what will become the Press-Telegram for 40 years, until the paper is sold in 1952. Work
1962/12/21 William Frederick Prisk dies in Grass Valley, California. Died
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