The Cowley Courier Traveler

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The Cowley Courier Traveler
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Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s)Winfield Publishing Company
Founder(s)M. G. Mains
PublisherDavid Allen Seaton [1]
Founded1870 (As The Arkansas City Traveler)
Language English
Headquarters200 E 5th Avenue
Arkansas City, Kansas
Circulation 3,561 [2]
ISSN 2473-8107
OCLC number 953100866
Website ctnewsonline.com

The Cowley Courier Traveler is a local newspaper published in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. [3] It covers communities across Cowley County and is publishes a print edition mailed to readers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. [4] The paper was formed in 2016 through the merger of The Winfield Daily Courier and The Arkansas City Traveler. [5] The Cowley Courier Traveler is a member of the Kansas Press Association. [6]

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History

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The Arkansas City Traveler was founded in 1870 by M. G. Mains. It was named after a song of the same name and early issues had a fiddle below the masthead. [7] The newspaper was sold to Stauffer Communications in 1924, [8] which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1995. [9] Morris sold the paper to Winfield Publishing Company in 2001. [10]

The Winfield Courier was first published in Jan. 1, 1874 by Col. E.C. Manning. It was renamed to The Winfield Daily Courier in 1884. [11] The paper's owner bought The Arkansas City Traveler in 2001and merged the two together in 2016 to form The Cowley Courier Traveler. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Record Details". Kansas Press Association.
  2. ↑ "Browse Full Member Database | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  3. ↑ "The Cowley Courier Traveler (Arkansas City, Kan.) 2016-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Contact Us". The Cowley Courier Traveler. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  5. 1 2 "Arkansas City, Winfield newspapers to merge". Kansas Press Association. June 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Cowley Courier Traveler". Kansas Newspaper Directory. Kansas Press Association. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Evans, Harold C. "Arkansas City, Kansas History". Kansas State History. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  8. ↑ "The Howards Sell Paper". The Eureka Herald. 1924-03-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  9. ↑ "History - Morris Communications" . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Winfield firm buys Ark City paper". The Manhattan Mercury. 2001-08-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  11. ↑ Seaton, Dave (2016-06-29). "The Winfield Daily Courier: A brief history". The Cowley Courier Traveler. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
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