Estancia News-Herald (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??
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511 issues from 1912 to 1921, published in Estancia, New Mexico, digitised for Chronicling America.
Located on the plains east of the Manzano Mountains, Estancia, New Mexico, had long been a resting place along the trail from Chihuahua to Santa Fe. The modern town of Estancia was founded at the turn of the century, and the post office opened in 1903. The town’s importance increased with the arrival of the railroad around the same time, and Estancia became the seat of Torrance County in 1905. By 1910, the population had grown to over 500 people.
The Estancia News-Herald formed as a merger between two bilingual weekly and daily papers. The first, the Estancia Herald, was also published daily as the Daily Herald until January 1912. The second paper, the Estancia News, was issued as a daily under the title the Morning News until the same time.
On February 2, 1912, J. A. Constant commenced publication of the Estancia News-Herald. He stated in the January 26, 1912 issue that his new paper would be independent in politics and “devoted to giving the news–living up to its name, and boosting for Torrance county and every town and neighborhood in it.” The February 2, 1912 issue mentions both Constant and Annie M. Porter as owners, while specifically indicating Constant’s role as editor and publisher. Miss Porter’s name does not appear on later issues, but she had previously been the editor and publisher of the Estancia Herald.
The Estancia News-Herald spanned four pages and included local, state, and national news. The towns of Manzano, Willard, Stanley, McIntosh, Mountainair,…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Estancia, New Mexico, United States
- 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