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The Press in Snyder

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College & 26th St., Snyder, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 42' 57.34306000008", -100° 55' 4.8155000016"
 
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    The Scurry County Citizen, published by A. C. Wilmeth before 1887, was first of 8 different nameplates (under 39 owners) to print in Snyder. Coming West, founded by Dick Lively, began publication in 1887, followed by the News, Western Light, Signal, Times, and Times-Signal. All of these were county papers printed weekly, except for period in 1911 when Signal was published daily. Snyder Daily News was founded by Harte-Hanks Newspapers, May 1, 1950, with Herbert Feather as publisher. Feather Printing and Publishing Company acquired the News in 1957. (1971)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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