Goldendale Sentinel

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Goldendale Sentinel
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Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Tartan Publications, Inc.
Founder(s)C. K. and K. A. Seitz
PublisherLou Marzeles
Founded1879
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters117 West Main Street
Goldendale, WA
Circulation 3,200(as of 2022) [1]
OCLC number 17311643
Website goldendalesentinel.com

The Goldendale Sentinel is a newspaper that covers local news about Goldendale and the surrounding Klickitat county region of the U.S. state of Washington. [2] It is the oldest paper in eastern Washington. [3] It is recognized by Klickitat County as a community media source. [4] Lou Marzeles is the paper's editor/publisher and the owner is Leslie Geatches. [5]

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History

In 1877, The Sun newspaper briefly published in Goldendale, Washington. The paper quickly shuttered and the printing plant was sold to C. K. and K. A. Seitz. [6] They published the first issue of the Klickitat Sentinel in 1879 with an estimated hundred copies. Throughout its early history the Sentinel struggled financially at some points. It was rumored to have used wallpaper for one edition when newsprint didn't come in time from The Dalles. [7]

In 1880, the Goldendale Gazette was founded by Captain W. A. Wash, a former Confederate States Army officer. [7] It was a rival with Sentinel until Wash sold it to stock company on May 14, 1885, and the two papers merged to form the Goldendale Sentinel. [8] [7] [9] Attorney Ralph O. Dunbar then managed the paper for about six years. [7] In 1888, a fire swept through Goldendale destroying all but three buildings, leaving 25 families homeless. While the paper's office was destroyed and the fire caused $3,500 worth of damage to the business, the Sentinel still managed to print by using the facilities of the The Dalles Mountaineer. [6]

In 1893, the stockholders hired W. F. Byars to manage the Sentinel. He bought stock over time and sold the paper in May 1907 to brothers Ed Ward and N. L. Ward. [6] On October 1, 1910, the Wards sold the paper to Mr. Irving S. Bath and Mr. D. W. Bath. [10] On June 1, 1936, Archie Radcliffe and Harold Fariello purchased the Sentinel from Irving S. Bath and consolidated it with the Klickitat County News. [11] Fariello later bought Radcliffe out in 1947. [12]

In 1956, Harold and Mabel Fariello sold the paper to Pete and Eleanor May. [13] In 1974, the couple sold the paper to Eagle Newspapers. [14] The company sold the paper to A.J. and Lynda McNab ten years later. In 2010, the Goldendale Sentinel was purchased by Leslie Geatches. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
  2. ↑ "Goldendale Sentinel". Mondo Times.
  3. ↑ An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties With an Outline of the Early History of the State of Washington. United States: Unigraphic. 1904. p. 344.
  4. ↑ "Community Media". Klickitat County.
  5. 1 2 "About Us". Goldendale Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  6. 1 2 3 "History Of The Sentinel Recounted On 66th Anniversary". Goldendale Sentinel. January 4, 1945. p. 1.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "The Sentinel Surveys Sixty Years Of County Journalism". Goldendale Sentinel. January 12, 1939. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Newspapers of Washington Territory"  . Washington Historical Quarterly: 194. July 1922.
  9. ↑ Becker, Paula (1902-04-15). "Goldendale -- Thumbnail History". HistoryLink.org. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  10. ↑ "To the Public". Goldendale Sentinel. September 29, 1910. p. 4.
  11. ↑ "Goldendale Sentinel Changes Hands On June 1". Goldendale Sentinel. May 7, 1936. p. 1.
  12. ↑ "A. Radcliffe Sells Interest In Sentinel To Harold Fariello". Goldendale Sentinel. June 5, 1947. p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Pete And Eleanor May To Take Over Paper Ownership". Goldendale Sentinel. May 10, 1956. p. 1.
  14. ↑ Easterling, Jerry (1980-01-20). "The Eagle is soaring: Newspaper chain undergoes rapid growth in past decade". Statesman Journal. p. 66. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
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