Episode 203: The News from Thar
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The Memory Palace Podcast
On April 29, 1859, Merrick Byers' paper came off the press, 20 minutes before his. He quit the business on the spot and set out west once more to try his luck as a gold miner. His newspaper, the Cherry Creek Pioneer, ceased operation after one issue. We don't know where he wound up or what he did when he got there. There was no newspaper there to tell his story.
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