The Chillicothe Gazette #5-71
N 39° 19.965 W 082° 59.040
17S E 329002 N 4355580
Oldest newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Waymark Code: WM6YQ
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2006
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Text : Side A
The oldest commercial enterprise in Ohio, the Chillicothe Gazette began publication on April 25, 1800, as Freeman's Journal and Chillicothe Advertiser. That October it became the Scioto Gazette, and Chillicothe has had a Gazette ever since. It is the oldest newspaper in continuous operation west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the second oldest in the United States. Its first publisher and editor, Nathaniel Willis, was a Revolution-era Boston printer who reputedly apprenticed under Benjamin Franklin. Under his leadership the Gazette became one of the most influential papers in the expanding West. It first reported news transmitted by telegraph in 1847 and began daily publication in 1849. The Gazette moved into this building, a replica of Ohio's first statehouse, in 1941.
Marker Number: 5-71
County: Ross
Significance of Location: Other
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
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