The Hood River Glacier (Hood River, Or.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,634 issues from 1889 to 1922, published in Hood River, Oregon, digitised for Chronicling America.
The first newspaper in Hood River, Oregon, the Hood River Glacier was established in 1889 by postmaster George T. Prather, who claimed in the issuing number that he was not seeking a fortune in the newspaper business. Playing on the publication’s title, he wrote, “If the little Glacier will slide along slowly and grind out its own expenses we [the publishers] shall be satisfied.” John H. Cradlebaugh, a poet who also worked on the Wasco Sun in nearby Dalles City, served as the paper’s first editor.
Connections to the Sun proved beneficial as the first issues of the Glacier were printed in the Sun newspaper plant. The paper eventually found a plant in Hood River shortly after its establishment, a development that was announced in more than one issue. Cradlebaugh, who became the sole owner, sold the publication to Samuel F. Blyth in July 1894. Blyth expanded the Glacier and later included his son, Edward. By May of 1904, the paper was transferred to Arthur D. Moe, who installed a Simplex typesetter and brought on Joe D. Thomison as editor. The Glacier was eventually bought out by the Hood River News in 1933.
Early issues of the Glacier covered the development of infrastructure in the Hood River area, with articles on irrigation and the need for a reliable water supply appearing frequently. Other regional news included an account of the catastrophic 1899 fire in Seattle that burned 100 acres of the business district and waterfront, a total of 25 city blocks. A 1903 article…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Hood River, Oregon, 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