Thursday, January 23, 2014

Vinton County Newspapers included in Chronicling America Series



If you haven't checked it out, the Library of Congress program, "Chronicling America" has included images from Vinton County newspapers. Digitized newspapers include:

The McArthur Democrat - January 5, 1855 to December 28, 1865
The Vinton Record - January 4, 1866 to December 31, 1874
The Democratic Enquirer  - January 24, 1867 to January 15, 1873
The McArthur Enquirer - January 22, 1873 - January 7, 1874

Future plans include digitization of copies of The Jackson Standard from approximately the same era as the Vinton County papers. 

The above captured article appeared in The Vinton County Record, December 9, 1869, Page 2, Column 3.


Source: The Vinton record. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio), 09 Dec. 1869. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038222/1869-12-09/ed-1/seq-2/>

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