Gridley Herald

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Gridley Herald
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Messenger Publishing Group
Founder(s)Charles N. Reed
PublisherPaul V. Scholl,
Founded1880
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters300 Spruce St Suite C,
Gridley, CA 95948
OCLC number 27053477
Website gridleyherald.com

The Gridley Herald is a weekly newspaper published in Gridley, California.

History

On October 29, 1880, Charles Neff Reed published the first issue of the Gridley Herald. [1] [2] Reed was a drummer boy, orderly and spy in the Union Army for three years during the American Civil War. He was also a direct descendant of Joseph Reed. In 1891, Reed died. In his obituary, the Sacramento Bee called him "one of the best-known and most popular newspaper men in Northern California. [3]

Reed's widow tried running the paper by herself for several months and ended up selling it to a group of local farmers. [4] H. K. Goddard became the manager and Charles L. King did the printing. [5] Charles H. Deuel was hired as editor in 1895, but he left after two years when he and Chet Richards bought the Chico Record. [4]

In 1897, William Davis Burleson arrived in Gridley from North Adams, Michigan after a group of local farmers hired him to work as the Herald's new editor. [4] In 1908, he bought the paper and expanded it to a semi-weekly. [4] His youngest son Charles R. Burleson, who volunteered to fight in WWI, [4] joined the staff in 1919. [6] Charles Burleson became a co-owner and publisher in 1936, [6] and bought out his siblings to became the sole owner in 1938. [7] His father William Burleson operated the paper until his death in 1936. At that time, editorship was passed to Charles Burleson. [8] In 1943, the paper's printer Alvie D. McDaniel bought in as a minority owner. [9]

Charle Burleson's son William "Bill" D. Burleson joined the paper's staff in 1950. [10] Charles Burleson died in 1961. [6] In June 1998, Bill Burleson retired after selling the newspaper to Liberty Group Publishing, which was later renamed to GateHouse Media. [11] In 2018, the paper closed with staff given only a single day of notice. [11] [12] Messenger Publishing Group bought the Herald and revived it two weeks after it closed. None of the paper's former staff were rehired. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "New Journal". The Daily Appeal. Marysville, California. October 27, 1880. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "A New Paper". Chico Semi-Weekly Enterprise. November 5, 1880. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Obituary. | Charles N. Reed". The San Francisco Call and Post. June 11, 1891. p. 8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Randolph, Charles (December 4, 1982). "Early Butte County Newsmen Remembered". Oroville Mercury Register. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Local Lines". Marysville Democrat. November 20, 1891. p. 4.
  6. 1 2 3 "Services Held Friday For Gridley Publisher". The Orland Register. December 28, 1961. p. 4.
  7. ↑ "Burleson Now Sole Owner of Paper". Appeal-Democrat. Marysville, California. October 25, 1938. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "William Burleson, Publisher, Dead". The San Francisco Examiner. Associated Press. February 7, 1936. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Printer Buys Into Gridley Publication". Appeal-Democrat. Marysville, California. September 11, 1943. p. 5.
  10. ↑ "Bill Burleson Is on Gridley Herald Staff". Chico Enterprise-Record. July 10, 1950. p. 5.
  11. 1 2 "Gridley Herald closes after 137 years". California News Publishers Association. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Risa (2018-09-01). "With one day's notice, Gridley Herald staff prints final issue, closes its doors". Chico Enterprise-Record. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Risa Johnson (2018-09-13). "Gridley Herald "living to see another day" after its abrupt closure". Chico Enterprise-Record. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
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