Parker's Alley was the name of this location where the Stockton
Herald office was housed.
The Stockton Daily Evening Herald was started on July 3,
1865 by William Biven. In November of 1872, the firm called Glenn,
Stevenson and Company took over the operation of the newspaper.
The partners in the firm were William Biven, William N. Glenn and
R.W. Stevenson. By February, Biven was back in singular control
of the newspaper.<
In
1875, the newspaper was mortgaged with the following directors listed
as the Daily and Weekly Publishing Company: Charles Haas, J.R.W.
Hitchcock, John S. Davis, J.A. Morrissey, Joseph Cole, P.D. Wiggenton,
Thomas Ketcham and William Biven. Just three months later, on May
9, 1875, Biven was thrown form his horse during his regular morning
ride and his neck was broken.
Biven's
son, Frederick, took over the daily operations of the paper with
partners H.S. Spaulding, W.G. Atkins, W.T. Compton, and W.S. Johnson.
Frederick Biven became the sole owner in 1875.
The
paper was sold to John V. Bell and B.T.K Preston. In January 1876,
they moved the paper into the Parker Building. They employed Charles
Lincoln Ruggles, who had come to Stockton from Martinez at the age
of twelve, to run the paper.
In 1883, Bell withdrew to San Francisco and Ruggles bought out Bell's
half-interest in the Herald. He changed it to a morning paper. This
lasted until January 2, 1885. On April 2, 1885, the Herald suspended
publication and the presses were shipped to Merced.
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