The Dermott News (Dermott, Ark.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
780 issues from 1913 to 1931, published in Dermott, Arkansas, digitised for Chronicling America.
Dermott is located in Chicot County, which is in the southeastern corner of Arkansas bordering Louisiana. The town was founded in a bayou in the 1840s and grew in the 1870s and 80s when railroads began passing through. In the early 20th century, Dermott’s economy focused on timber and agriculture, and the town was thriving. It remained a major economic center until the Great Depression, and flourished again during World War II, with several mills and gins operating in the area. The town started declining in the 1950s when timber mills left and farms began mechanizing.
Dermott did not have its own newspaper until decades after it was founded. In 1910 J. A. Watkins created a local newspaper, the Dermott News. The Dermott News had many different publishers during its almost 70-year run. In 1911 alone, the paper changed hands several times. The next year, Gilbert Earle Kinney purchased it, bringing stability to the paper. He remained editor and publisher until his death in 1938.
In 1939 Joe W. Sitlington purchased the paper and worked as the publisher until 1946. The paper changed hands rapidly again, from the Dermott News Publishing Company to W. W. Mundy in 1947. Mundy stayed with the paper until 1958, when he sold it to F. N. Carnahan. In 1961, LeRoy Tyson and his wife purchased the paper, and Tyson worked as the editor.
Another local Dermott paper began in 1909, the Dermott Industrial Chronicle (1909-1921). This was an African American paper started by A. R. Raiford and…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Dermott, Arkansas, 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