Goldthwaite Eagle
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This subject marker is mounted on the wall of the The Eagle's offices across the street from the Mills County Courthouse square in Goldthwaite.
Waymark Code: WMDTQW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2012
Views: 11
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Goldthwaite Eagle
Address: 5th and Fisher St.
City: Goldthwaite
County: Mills
Subject Codes: newspapers
Year Marker Erected: 1977
Marker Location: 5th and Fisher, across from courthouse square.
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 2199
Marker Text:
In 1885 William H. Thompson (1842-1896) started a weekly newspaper, "The Mountaineer", which closed but was reestablished in 1894. He sold it in 1896 to R. M. Thompson, his nephew, who renamed it "The Goldthwaite Eagle". At that time eagles still lived in the hills of Mills County. The paper was bought in 1920 by Dr. E. M. Wilson. It changed hands between the Wilson and Thompson Families until 1950, when Charlie T. Wilson sold it to H. R. Ekins. A merger with "The Mullin Enterprise" made it the county's only newspaper. In 1971 Frank Bridges purchased "The Eagle" from Victor E. Koleber. (1977)
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