William F. Prisk

William Frederick Prisk, Jr. was a California newspaper executive and a politician from California.

Biography

Prisk was born in Grass Valley, California. Prisk's father was William Prisk, a miner. Prisk's mother was Mary Prisk. Prisk's parents were natives of Camborne, Cornwall, England, who settled in Grass Valley, California.
Prisk held posts on the Grass Valley Union, Evening Telegraph, Pasadena Star-News, Long Beach Press-Telegram. He was elected to the California State Senate in 1897, and at the time, was the youngest member of the California State Legislature. For his many years as editor-publisher of the Press-Telegram, he received the nickname "Mr. Long Beach".
Prisk became a naturalized US citizen in 1869. Three years after his death in Long Beach, he was selected to the California Newspaper Publishers Association's Newspaper Hall of Fame.

1895 pictorial history of Nevada County, California