The Arizona Range News (Willcox, Cochise County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1897-Current
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815 issues from 1897 to 1912, published in Willcox, Arizona, digitised for Chronicling America.
Willcox, Arizona, established in the 1880s along the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Sulphur Springs Valley, was known as the “Cattle Capital of America” (Klump and Tenney, Willcox, Arcadia Publishing, 2009). The Sulphur Valley News appeared in Willcox on April 3, 1894, published and edited by Charles W. Pugh, who noted this was “not a new paper, notwithstanding it is Vol. 1 No. 1” and “was founded…ten years ago” (April 3, 1894). Pugh was referring to another newspaper titled Sulphur Valley News started in 1884 by Phil Montague and George McFarlin and then consolidated by Montague the same year with the Arizona Livestock Journal to become the Southwestern Stockman. After that paper changed hands a few times, Pugh purchased the newspaper plant in 1891, and he continued publishing the Stockman, while also reviving the title of Sulphur Valley News in 1894 for his new weekly, four-page newspaper.
The newspaper’s slogan was “Devoted to the Development of the Sulphur Spring Valley and Her People’s Interests,” and the editorial page declared it “Republican Organ of Cochise County.” The News regularly included a “Local and Personal” column and an “Arizona News Condensed” section. Mail arrival and departure schedules and railroad timetables were printed, along with a “Weekly Weather-Crop Bulletin” and range conditions. The paper also carried syndicated content and local advertisements.
In August 1895, Pugh moved the Stockman office to Phoenix while keeping the News in Willcox; he…
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- News
- Published in
- Willcox, Arizona, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
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