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Silver State News
Silver State News

Access:
Free Access
City:
Winnemucca
County:
Humboldt County
Coverage Areas:
Winnemucca
Database:
Chronicling America
Date Range Available:
1907-1909
Publisher Information:

1870 John C. Fall and H. A. Waldo, followed by John I. Ginn, began the Silver State,
1871 John Booth,
1872 R. L. Tilden,
1872 J. J. Hill and Company,
1873 J. J. Hill,
1874 J. J. Hill and Peter Myers, suspended the paper in September and moved the Silver State to Winnemucca,
1875 J. J. Hill and E. D. Meyers,
1890 Silver State Publishing Company, owned by U.S. Senator George S. Nixon, 
1899 R. E. L. Windle and A. L. Brackett,
1902 Winnemucca Publishing Company led by Thomas Nelson, where it was briefly renamed the Winnemucca Republican,
1903 renamed, the Daily Silver State,
1904 Allen C. Bragg,
1906 James E. Nugent,
1906 John S. Case and Wright, changed the name, again, to the Silver State News,
1908 Thomas Nelson
1909 Nelson returned the title to the Silver State (which it will stay until it closes down in 1925),
1912 Edward R. Harroun, until his death,
1917 Genevieve Harroun, Edward R. Harroun's widow,
1919 C. D. Ayers and his son, W. H. Ayers,
1924 Silver State Publishing followed by a number of new owners in quick succession until the last,
1925 Sheriff George H. Rose

Lingenfelter, R. E., & Gash, K. R. (1984). The Newspapers of Nevada. 251, 281.

Time:
Historical
Title History:

Silver State, Unionville (1875-1903)
Daily Silver State, Winnemucca (1903-1907)
Silver State News, Winnemucca (1907-1909)
Silver State, Winnemucca (1909-1923)


Related:
Humboldt Star (available on microfilm)(1906-1962)
Humboldt Star and the Silver State (1925-1935)
Battle Mountain Scout (available on microfilm) (1920-1962)
Humboldt Star and the Battle Mountain Scout (1925-1935)

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