The Mineola Monitor - Mineola, TX
N 32° 39.736 W 095° 28.763
15S E 267477 N 3616563
A sign placed by the Wood County Historical Commission stands in front of the offices of The Wood County Monitor, noting the history of the Mineola Monitor, which once operated here. Read on.
Waymark Code: WMW04V
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2017
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The sign reads:
The Mineola Monitor
Though several other newspapers have been founded in Mineola, the Mineola Monitor is the one that has remained the longest period of time.
The Monitor was founded March 1876, it is believed by D.C. Williams, a versatile man of early-day Mineola, and in 1883 he was the editor. In the Minutes of the Wood County Commissioners Court dated November, 1878, Mr. Williams is mentioned as publisher of the Wood County Flag.
The Monitor through most of its history has been a weekly newspaper, however in 1906 and again in 1922, it was run as a daily for a short time. The Mineola Monitor has always been a leader and others newspapers when competing as a rule did not remain long.
Ownership of the newspaper changed through the years. Some of the owners after D.C. Williams have been Judge H.M. Cate, Col. W.B. Teagarden, R.M. Smith, Mr. Bade, Walter Holloway, Doug Jackson, J.A. Thomas, B.A. Higgins, J.H. Adair, Robert Henry Carraway, Neil Harle, and Editor's Publishing Company.
Mr. Carraway remained as editor for 32 years. Mr. Carraway after becoming editor purchased the Wood County Record from John Cowan and both were published continuously for many years.
On January 1, 1956, the Carraway Family sold the newspaper to Neil Harle and he remained editor of both the Monitor and the Wood County Record until August, 1963, when he sold the newspapers to the Editor's Publishing Company, owned by a group of Mineola investors. Dan Peacock was named editor and was a part owner of the publishing company. In 1981 Editor's Publishing Company was sold to Rickenbacker Publishing and later sold to J. Tom Graham and partners. Today the Monitor is owned by Westward Communications.
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In August 2016, the Mineola Monitor was merged with the Wood County Democrat to create the Wood County Monitor, owned by Bluebonnet Publishing.
Group that erected the marker: Wood County Historical Commission
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
715 Mimosa St
Mineola, TX USA
75773
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