The Roswell Daily Record (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
2,092 issues from 1903 to 1910, published in Roswell, New Mexico, digitised for Chronicling America.
In 1869, Van C. Smith and his partner, Aaron O. Wilburn, came west from Omaha and settled in Chaves County, New Mexico, at the intersection of Rio Hondo and Pecos Rivers. They built two adobe buildings, a general store, and an inn for travelers. Local Hispanic residents called this site Rio Hondo, for the stream. In 1872, Smith renamed his establishment Roswell, after his father, Roswell Smith. Smith also pointed out that mail addressed to Rio Hondo could be delivered anywhere along the long stream and would be delayed. A post office was established in 1873, with Smith as postmaster, and the name Roswell was formalized and has remained ever since.
A trading center and the largest town in the Pecos Valley, Roswell was the scene of several journalistic battles between 1900 and 1912. In August 1902, C.E. Mason and H.F.M. Bear, brother-in-laws, bought the weekly Roswell Morning Record. The origins of this newspaper go back to 1891 when the semiweekly Roswell Record was launched. Sometimes called the Roswell Record or the Morning Record, it competed with two other Roswell weeklies. In March 1903, each of the three papers began to issue a daily tabloid. Encouraged by long-term advertising contracts from Roswell merchants, the Record endured, despite its competitors. Soon, Mason and Bear bought out their rivals and subscribed to the Associated Press service. The Record was the first Democratic newspaper in the territory and the voice of the Democratic Party in eastern New Mexico.…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Roswell, New Mexico, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress