Title
Biographical Sketch: Charles Prosch
Subject
Newspapers
Description
Charles Prosch moved to Washington Territory in the winter of 1857-58. The following spring, he started Puget Sound Herald in Steilacoom, Fort Nisqually.
Hines explains, “He left the Herald in 1868 and moved to Olympia to perform the Territorial printing under E. L. Smith, Secretary of Territory. He purchased the Pacific Tribune… and during the session of Legislature of 1869 he published the first daily ever-printed in Territory".
He remained in publishing, working with his sons in Tacoma and Seattle until he retired in 1887. Prosch was working on his book ”Reminiscences of Washington Territory” when this biography was written.
Hines explains, “He left the Herald in 1868 and moved to Olympia to perform the Territorial printing under E. L. Smith, Secretary of Territory. He purchased the Pacific Tribune… and during the session of Legislature of 1869 he published the first daily ever-printed in Territory".
He remained in publishing, working with his sons in Tacoma and Seattle until he retired in 1887. Prosch was working on his book ”Reminiscences of Washington Territory” when this biography was written.
Abstract
A short biography of Charles Prosch (1822-1913), a pioneer newspaper publisher. In 1858, he started his first newspaper in Steilacoom and later had publications based in Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle. He remained a prominent territorial newspaperman for the next twenty years.
Creator
Hines, Reverend Harvey K.
Source
Illustrated History of State of Washington
Publisher
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL.
Date Issued
1893
Contributor
Sandra D. Chomiak
References
Prosch, Charles, b. 1820
Medium
Web
Type
history
Identifier
5065179 (OCLC/WorldCat)
Spatial Coverage
Steilacoom; Pierce
Provenance
The Internet Archive
URL
http://archive.org/stream/illustratedhisto00hine#page/391/mode/1up
Start Page
391
End Page
392