Only - Newspaper in Mills County, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 26.981 W 098° 34.127
14R E 540972 N 3479519
The Goldthwaite Eagle is published in the town of Goldthwaite, which is the county seat of Mills County. The newspaper office is just across the street from the Mills County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMXQY7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2018
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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.
Type of documentation of superlative status: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mills_County,_Texas
Location of coordinates: Front of Goldthwaite Eagle newpaper office
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