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The '''''Arkansas Gazette''''' was established by New York newspaperman [[William E. Woodruff]] in 1821. Woodruff first published the paper in Arkansas Post before moving his press up the [[Arkansas River]] to Little Rock in December 1821. | The '''''Arkansas Gazette''''' was established by New York newspaperman [[William E. Woodruff]] in 1821. Woodruff first published the paper in Arkansas Post before moving his press up the [[Arkansas River]] to Little Rock in December 1821. | ||
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Revision as of 10:43, 15 February 2009
The Arkansas Gazette was established by New York newspaperman William E. Woodruff in 1821. Woodruff first published the paper in Arkansas Post before moving his press up the Arkansas River to Little Rock in December 1821.
The Gazette was the oldest continuously published newspaper in the country until its sale to the Arkansas Democrat on October 18, 1991.
References
- Ira Don Richards, Story of a Rivertown: Little Rock in the Nineteenth Century (1969), 12.
