The Republican (Oakland, Md.) 1877-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
4,372 issues from 1877 to 1963, published in Oakland, Maryland, digitised for Chronicling America.
The weekly Republican newspaper was established in Oakland, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland in 1877 by James A. Hayden (1842-1931). Hayden had learned the printing trade as an adolescent working for his hometown newspaper, the American Standard in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. After distinguished service in the Civil War during which he achieved the rank of captain, Hayden worked as a printer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before moving to Oakland in 1873. He founded the Republican in support of Benjamin Harrison during the presidential campaign of 1877 and was active in local party activities throughout his life. Hayden hired Benjamin H. Sincell (1869-1947) to learn the newspaper business and sold the Republican to Sincell at the age of 21 in 1890. The Republican remained in the Sincell family until 2017 when it was sold to NCWV Media, a regional conglomerate.
The Republican chronicled events in the westernmost region of Maryland, a mountainous area interspersed with valleys and glades of rich farmland. The region was first opened to settlement after construction of the National Road in 1817. The railroad arrived in the 1850s. Garrett County was created in 1872 and named in honor of John Work Garrett, the President of the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad. The B&O was instrumental in the development of the county as a resort destination, financing the construction of hotels and retreat communities such as Deer Park that offered a relieving cool climate during Maryland’s…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Oakland, Maryland, 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