With Walter Colton, he published the Monterey-based Californian, the first newspaper ever published in California.
He served with wisdom and sound judgment in dealing with lawbreakers, built Colton Hall, and fined every gambler $20 to help cover the costs of building California’s first schoolhouse.
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The subsequent Walter Colton Middle School, located some two miles uphill from Colton Hall, was changed first to a 6-8-grade middle school, then back to a K-8-grade school in support of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District's enforced school closings in early 2002.
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During this period, he also met Robert B. Semple and decided to launch the first newspaper published in California, The Californian.
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