Del Norte Triplicate

Del Norte Triplicate
TypeWeekly newspaper
OwnerDan Schmidt
FounderJ. E. Eldredge
PublisherJoe Warren
Founded1879
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersP.O. Box 277, Crescent City, California, United States
Sister newspapersCurry Coastal Pilot
ISSN2164-4470
OCLC number759121143
Websitetriplicate.com

The Del Norte Triplicate is an American paid newspaper which serves the city of Crescent City and surrounding Del Norte County since 1879.[1] It publishes weekly on Fridays.[1]

History

The Del Norte Daily Triplicate trace its roots back to 1879, starting as the Del Norte Record.[2][3] The Record was established by J. E. Eldredge, edited by George Leon, and was the official paper of Del Norte County.[3]

The name Del Norte Daily Triplicate comes from the names of three papers that united in 1912—the Coast Times, Del Norte Record, and Crescent City News.[4][5] The term comes not from the term used for carbon copies, but from the original Latin triplicare, meaning "a third thing corresponding to others of the same kind."[2] In 1913, W.H. McMaster left The Palladium in North Dakota and became editor and manager of the Del Norte Triplicate.[6]

In 1922, John A. Juza and C.A. Potter purchased the Triplicate,[7][8] and then updated the press to a linotype machine.[9] At that time Juza owned the Gold Beach Reporter,[9] which he soon sold after moving to Crescent City.[10][11] In 1924, Juza purchased the Crescent City Courier, moved the plant to Brookings, Oregon,[12] and launched the Interstate News.[9] J.A. Juza and his wife Ella Mae Juza ran the Triplicate for 30 years.[13]

In 1945, the Juzas sold the Triplicate to Frank Hilton and Dr. Malcom Hall.[14] In 1952, Gordon G. Hadley, owner of the Arcata Union, purchased the Triplicate.[15] In 1956, the paper broke with longstanding tradition of withholding names of arrested minors from print, making its policy to print them even for minor infractions.[16]

In 1964, the Triplicate was completely destroyed in the wake of a tidal wave caused by a major Alaskan earthquake.[17] Bill Soberanes of the Petaluma Argus-Courier reported that "The building in which this newspaper had been published (up until the tidal wave) was hit by the full blast of the tidal wave. Every copy of the newspaper printed the day before was washed away. The two linotypes were flooded over and rendered useless by the onrushing ocean waves."[18]

The tidal wave, which did significant damage to Crescent City with a 21-foot wave traveling 500 miles per hour, killed 11 people in the city. The Triplicate's editor, James J. Yarbrough recalled, "There was eight feet of water in my office. I watched from up the street and saw the sparks fly when the water hit the Linotype machine. I saw a 900-pound roll of newsprint bobbing around like a spool."[19]

After the destruction, the Triplicate moved its printing headquarters to Humboldt County. The move to Humboldt County called into question the paper's designation as a paper of record for Del Norte County. In 1965, Attorney General Thomas C. Lynch ruled that the paper could still be considered a general circulation paper for Del Norte County, despite its removed printing location.[20]

In 1969, Hadley Newspapers, Inc. established by Gordon Hadley and his wife Monica Permeal Hadley, acquired and merged the Crescent City American into the Triplicate.[21] In 1972, the couple sold their business to their son Craig L. Hadley and his wife Marilee Hadley, who soon bought the Garberville Redwood Record. In 1981, Gordon Hadley died.[22][23] In 1984, Craig Hadley died.[15]

Marilee Hadley, her mother-in-law Monica Hadley, and editor Jim Yarbrough published the Triplicate until 1986, when the company was sold.[15] In 1988, Hadley Newspapers, Inc. sold the newspaper to Western Communications.[24][25] The company owned the paper until 2019 when the Triplicate was acquired by Country Media, Inc.[26][27] In 2025, Country Media closed the Triplicate because it wasn't financially sustainable.[28][29] After closing, Dan Schmidt bought the paper and relaunched it.[30][31]

Awards

In 2017, the Del Norte Triplicate won 2nd place in the Breaking News category in its division of the California's Better Newspapers Contest.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b Stevenson, Paula. "Research Newspapers by State: California" (PDF). gotoanr.com. American Newspaper Representatives. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Bernhard, Jim (2007). Porcupine, Picayune, and Post: How Newspapers Get Their Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780826266019. Del Norte Daily Triplicate.
  3. ^ a b ""Del Norte Record." | A Northern County Weekly That Suits Its Subscribers". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. October 20, 1889. p. 33. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  4. ^ "Del Nort Triplicate Cuts Wide Swath". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. January 29, 1912. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Del Norte Triplicate (Crescent City, Calif.) 1912-1987". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  6. ^ "Editor Goes to California". Grand Forks Herald. Grand Forks, North Dakota. 10 February 1913. p. 5.
  7. ^ "John Juza Purchases Crescent City Paper". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. November 10, 1922. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Del Norte Newspaper Changes Ownership". The Sacramento Bee. December 5, 1922. p. 10.
  9. ^ a b c Grammell, Fred A. (1922). The Oregon Exchange. Vol. 5–6. F.A. Grammell. p. 26.
  10. ^ The Oregon Exchange. Vol. 5–6. F.A. Grammell. 1922. p. 38 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Meets Wife Here". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. September 1, 1923. p. 5.
  12. ^ "Brookings To Have Newspaper". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. July 29, 1924. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Obituary | Ella Mae Juza". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. October 1, 1974. p. 16.
  14. ^ "Del Norte Triplicate Changing Ownership". Ukiah Republican Press. October 31, 1945. p. 6.
  15. ^ a b c "Obituary | Monica Permeal Hadley". The Times-Standard. Eureka, California. February 21, 2004. Retrieved 2026-02-16.
  16. ^ "Another Newspaper Breaks Tradition". Healdsburg Tribune. Healdsburg, California. April 26, 1956. p. 10.
  17. ^ "Forces Rallying to Restore Crippled Del Norte Chamber". Eureka Humboldt Standard. Eureka, California. April 3, 1964. p. 1.
  18. ^ Soberanes, Bill (1 April 1964). "So They Tell Me | Safari to Crescent City". The Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. p. 5.
  19. ^ Morgan, Neil (5 Nov 1978). "The Killer Wave Remembered". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 155.
  20. ^ "Newspaper Is Given General Circulation". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. 4 Nov 1965. p. 3.
  21. ^ "C.C. Paper Taken Over By Hadley". The Times Standard. Eureka, California. April 9, 1969. p. 28.
  22. ^ "Obituary | Gordon G. Hardley". The Sacramento Bee. Associated Press. July 9, 1981. p. 21.
  23. ^ Waters, Earl G. (July 20, 1981). "Editorial Giant". The Times-Herald. Vallejo, California. p. 8.
  24. ^ "Western Communications buys newspapers". Auburn Journal. United Press International. January 6, 1988. p. 4.
  25. ^ "Newspaper Purchased". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. January 8, 1988. p. 14.
  26. ^ Staff Report (January 24, 2020). "Country Media adds to its publications". Curry Pilot. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  27. ^ "Country Media buys Del Norte Triplicate". California News Publishers Association. July 2, 2019. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
  28. ^ LaFever, Matt (September 18, 2025). "After 146 years, a Northern California county loses its only newspaper". SFGate. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  29. ^ Underwood, Emma (2025-09-18). "Del Norte Triplicate closes after over a century in print". KRCR. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
  30. ^ Schaulis, Robert (September 27, 2025). "Del Norte Triplicate publishes under new ownership". Times-Standard. Eurkea, California. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  31. ^ Cejnar Andrews, Jessica (2025-09-21). "Harbor Commissioner Resurrects Triplicate; Dan Schmidt Says 146-Year-Old Newspaper Will Be Better Tuned To Community's Needs". Redwood Voice. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
  32. ^ "Better Newspapers Contest winners announced". California News Publishers Association. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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