July 25, 2011 6:10 am
Publication History:
Place of Publication: Placerville, California
Frequency: One known issue
Volume and Issue Data: 1857
Size and Format: Unknown
Editor/Publisher: Unknown
Title Changes and Continuation: None
General Description and Notes:
According to Kennedy, the paper may have been humorous.
“The Scorpion was a manuscript paper which roused the ire of a contributor of the Mountain Democrat. In a letter published in that paper on March 27, 1857, the contributor, who signed herself “Manta,” violently belabored the Scorpion. It seems to have been a scandal sheet, published by a group of men who resented the refusal of some young women to dance with them. If the Scorpion was any more venomous than the women who described it, it must have been one of the most poisonous papers on record.”
Information Sources:
Bibliography: Kennedy, Newspapers of California North Mines, 524
Locations: Unknown
Posted by Roy Alden Atwood
Categories: 1857, Alphabetical Order, California, California Gold Rush Papers, Frontier Papers, Humor Papers, Mining Camp Papers, S, United States
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