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 The Press in Snyder
N 32° 42.976 W 100° 55.092
14S E 320224 N 3621460
Texas Historical Marker near the southwest corner of the courthouse square in Snyder, providing some history of the newspaper industry here in town, as well as throughout Scurry County.
Waymark Code: WM145XV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2021
Views: 3
For whatever reason, this marker is somewhat orphaned: The Snyder News is still operating, but its office is about a mile south of here.
Marker Number: 5405
Marker Text:
The "Scurry County Citizen", published by A.C. Wilmeth before 1887, was first of 8 different nameplates (under 39 owners) to print in Snyder. "Coming West", founded by Dick Lively, began publication in 1887, followed by the "News", "Western Light", "Signal", "Times", and "Times-Signal". All of these were county papers printed weekly, except for period in 1911 when "Signal" was published daily.
"Snyder Daily News" was founded by Harte-Hanks Newspapers, May 1, 1950, with Herbert Feather as publisher. Feather Printing and Publishing Company acquired the "News" in 1957. (1971)
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