The People

Trail of Tears " when the Cherokee Nation was uprooted from its traditional lands in Tennessee and forcibly relocated to what is now Oklahoma in 1838. Many of his people died on the journey. His brother became tribal chief. Bushyhead ran a newspaper in Oklahoma and later worked for Gatewood at the San Andreas Register, before moving the press to San Diego. After a career in the newspaper industry, Bushyhead served as both sheriff and chief of police in San Diego. He was remembered as, " a hard worker, generous man, and a warm-hearted friend. " After his death he was laid to rest in the Cherokee tribal cemetery in Oklahoma. His 1887 home was moved to Heritage Park where it may be seen today. Briseño was originally the young " printer's devil " when the Union began operation in 1868. The fi rst edition listed him as publisher because Bushyhead thought the newspaper might fail and he did not want the reputation of being associated with a failed business. The newspaper was a success and eventually Briseño's name was removed as publisher. Briseño was either born in the Gold Fields of California or emigrated shortly after he was born in Chile. He was noted for his sense of humor and is alleged to have been the author of many amusing pieces in the San Diego World. He was fl uent in both his native Spanish and English. He married Mary Dolores, a daughter of the noted Irish immigrant Philip Crosthwaite. Three men were responsible for making The San Diego Union a reality. Their background and stories refl ect the wide cultural and ethnic diversity of early San Diego. Gatewood was an attorney born in Illinois, whose father was a close friend and colleague of Abraham Lincoln. After moving to the California Gold Country, he became District Attorney of Calaveras County. He married Mary Crosthwaite, sister of San Diego pioneer Philip Crosthwaite. Tragedy occurred in 1859, when Gatewood fatally shot a man in a duel over a political argument. Crosthwaite persuaded him to move his newspaper from San Andreas to San Diego. He also founded the San Diego World in 1872. As an attorney, he unsuccessfully argued against moving the county seat from Old Town to New Town. His home is thought to be at 2515 San Diego Avenue, across from the Whaley House.