Walker County Messenger

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Walker County Messenger
TypeWeekly Newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
PublisherTimes-Journal Inc.
FoundedJuly 27, 1877
Headquarters LaFayette, Georgia
Sister newspapersCalhoun Times, Catoosa County News, Rome News, Polk Standard
Website www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catoosa_walker_news/

The Walker County Messenger is a weekly broadsheet newspaper published in LaFayette, Georgia, distributed throughout the greater Walker county area of northwest Georgia. It was the first newspaper to be published in LaFayette, Walker County, and was recently purchased by Times-Journal Inc., a Marietta, Georgia-based company which owns over five Georgia newspapers. The current president and editor of the newspaper is Don Stilwell.

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History

Beginnings

First published on July 27, 1877, the Walker County Messenger was the first newspaper to be established in LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia. Captain Augustus McHan and son E.A. McHan served as the primary editors of the original newspaper, making E.A. McHan, aged 16, the youngest southern editor at the time. [1] Yearly subscriptions to the Messenger, six-columns and four-pages at the time, began at one dollar. The paper also served the Chattooga, Catoosa, and Dade counties until newspapers were created within the counties. [2]

Change in ownership

The McHans sold the paper to Nathan Campbell Napier in 1880, but E.A. McHan continued to work as the editor-in-chief, before eventually retiring. Napier continued to run the newspaper for 21 years before relinquishing ownership to his son in 1902. E.P. Hall Junior bought the newspaper in 1915, retaining ownership until 1973 when it was bought by Boone Publishing Co. On September 22, 1988, the paper was bought by News Publishing Co., before eventually being bought by the present owner, Times-Journal Inc., [3] based in Marietta, Georgia. [4]

Digitization

In December 2017, over 16,000 pages of the Walker County Messenger were added to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website. The funding for the digitization was provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a project of the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) dedicated to encouraging public library participation in other DLG programs. [2]

Sister publications

Accomplishments

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Walker County messenger. (LaFayette, Ga.) 187?-current « Georgia Historic Newspapers". gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. 1 2 "Walker County Newspaper Added to Georgia Historic Newspapers". Georgia Public Library Service Newswire. Newsmag. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "About Us - Catoosa Walker News". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Calhoun Times
  6. ↑ "Calhoun Times and Gordon County News". news.google.com - Google News Archive Search. January 3, 1967. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "About Us - Calhoun Times".
  8. ↑ "About Us - Catoosa Walker News". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  9. ↑ "About Us". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  10. ↑ report, From staff. "Walker County Messenger wins five Georgia Press award | Loca". Northwest Georgia News. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
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