The Siskiyou Daily News traces its roots to the founding in 1877 of the Scott Valley News at Fort Jones.

A news brief in the Republican Free Press in Redding marked the News' seventh year in business in 1884, saying about it: "May its influence be felt throughout Siskiyou County."

It was 1886 when the Free Press reported that L. D. Clark of Red Bluff planned to resurrect the Siskiyou newspaper. A decade later, in 1894, the newspaper came into the hands of E. H. Ellsworth. The newspaper moved to Yreka and was rebranded as the Siskiyou News.

Four years later, Ellsworth sold the newspaper to Will J. Balfrey of Etna, who was the publisher of the Advance. The sale was for $2,155.20, local newspapers reported. "Mr. Balfrey is not a newspaper man, but is full of business and will not let any g

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