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Carson Valley News
Carson Valley News

Access:
Free Access
Available Online:
Available Online
City:
Genoa
County:
Douglas County
Coverage Areas:
Genoa
Database:
Douglas County Public Library
Date Range Available:
1875-1880
Publisher Information:

1875 A. C. Pratt began the Carson Valley News
1880 purchased by Boynton Carlisle who closed the Carson Valley News and used the plant to begin the Genoa Weekly Courier,
1881 George M. Smith (also ran the Genoa Journal),
1883 Jesse H. Dungan,
1884 G. W. Oman, 
1884 Delbert E. Williams,
1886 George M. Smith repurchased,
1890 Delbert E. Williams,
1893 George M. Smith,
1899 George M. Smith and Delbert E. Williams jointly, but moved the plant to Gardnerville to start the (Gardnerville) Courier,
1903 George Smith,
1904 Dr. Stoddard and Charley Southworth,

1884-1899 George Smith and Delbert E. Williams ran the Genoa Courier concurrently with the Genoa Weekly Courier,

1898 George I. Lamy began the Gardnerville Record (also called just the Record),
1903 Dr. Stoddard and Charley Southworth,
1904 the printing plant burned down, Dr. Stoddard purchased the rival Gardnerville Courier and merged the two publications together to create the Record-Courier,
1904-1944 W. C. Ezell & Bert Selkirk, Selkirk ran the paper for forty years until he retired. The paper is still being published today and is one of Nevada's longest continuously published newspapers

Lingenfelter, R. E., & Gash, K. R. (1984). The Newspapers of Nevada. p.91-92.
National Endowment for the Humanities. (2025). The Courier. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091326/

Time:
Historical
Title History:

Carson Valley News (1875-1880)
Genoa Weekly Courier, Genoa, NV (1880-1898)
Genoa Courier, Genoa, NV (1884-1899)
(Gardnerville) Courier, moved to Gardnerville (1900-1904)
Gardnerville Record, Gardnerville, NV (1898-1902)
Record, Gardnerville, NV (1902-1904)
Record-Courier, Gardnerville, NV (1904-1924)

Related: 
Genoa Journal (available on microfilm)(1880)

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