The Mendocino Beacon was founded on October 6, 1877 by W. H. Meacham and William Heeser,[4][5][6][7] an immigrant from Germany who also founded the Fort Bragg Advocate-News and three other local newspapers in Kibesillah, Rockport, and Westport.[8] It succeeded the Star, a local newspaper that had been founded previously by M. J. C. Galvin.[7] In an 1878 catalog of North American newspapers the Beacon was advertised as "an independent and vigorous weekly journal, published at a point of rising importance as a place of shipping and trade."[9] From 1975 to 1977 it was published under an alternative name, the Mendocino Coast Beacon.[6]
In 2000, the newspaper offices moved from Mendocino to Fort Bragg, ten miles north of Mendocino, and consolidated with the offices of the Fort Bragg Advocate-News.[10]
Recognition
In the 2009 California Newspaper Publishers Association's "Better Newspaper Contest", the Mendocino Beacon won first place in its circulation category for a business/financial story, for a story on Heritage House by Frank Hartzell.[11] It has also won similar awards in previous years.[12][13][14][15]
^Palmer, Lyman L. (1967), History of Mendocino County, California, comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber, Mendocino County Historical Society, pp. 412, 712.
^Rowell, George Presbury (1879), Rowell's American newspaper directory, Printers' Ink Pub. Co., p. 28.
^Pettengill's newspaper directory and advertisers' handbook for 1878: comprising a complete list of the newspapers and other periodicals published in the United States and British America, S.M. Pettengill & Co., 1878, p. 189.
^Geniella, Mike (August 19, 2000), "Mendocino Beacon era draws to a close: Newspaper office moves to Ft. Bragg", Santa Rosa Press-Democrat.
