Old Jack
County
Texas Newspapers |
(We have searchable PDFs of each year. Email me if you need help finding a name
or word.
Sue Tackel Sue@JackCoTX.com )
Microfilm
and searchable digital images of these papers are available at: |
Microfilm
has been digitized and made searchable online by: |
PDFs
of recent Jacksboro papers are available at: |
Brief Outline History of Old Jack County Newspapers | |||||
Year | Paper Name | Owner | Notes | Articles Below | We Have |
1860-1860 | The White Man/ The Whiteman |
Harris A. Hammer & General J.R. Baylor |
In Oct the paper sold and moved to Weatherford | About H.A.
Hammer & 1985 History Article |
None |
1869-1869 | The Flea | H.H. McConnell | Soldier at Fort Richardson. Wrote 5 Years a Cavarlyman | History Article | 1 issue of 6 published & some quotes from book |
1875-1878 | The Frontier Echo | R. Chandler - sold to Gen. George W. Robson in Oct |
G.W. Robson was secretery of Cattleman's Asso. In 1883 | History
Article & 1985 History Article |
1875-1878 |
1880-1886 | The Rural Citizen | J.N. Rogers | Started as small 4 column paper. Changed to 8 columns in 1882. | History
Article & 1985 History Article |
1880-1886 |
1886-1910 | The Jacksboro Gazette | J.N. Rogers | Name of paper changed in 1886 | About J.N. Rogers & History | 1886-1910 |
1894-1901 | The Jacksboro News | Simpson & Groner | History Article | None | |
1901-1917 | The Jacksboro News | Thomas Meriwether Marks | Was also county agent and started 4H | About Tom Marks | 1904-1917 |
1910-1919 | The Jacksboro Gazette | J.N. Rogers & Co. | Paper Owned by 2 daughters after the death of J.N. | History
Article & 1985 History Article |
1910-1918 |
1917-1918 | The Jacksboro News | W.B. McComb | Merged with the Gazette after 2 years | History Article | 1917-1918 |
1920-1946 | The Jacksboro Gazette | James Robert Dennis - part owner | His wife and son ran the paper until 1970 | History
Article & 1985 History Article |
1920-1970 |
1923 | The Jacksboro Gazette | H.E. Dennis - part owner | Brother of J.R. Dennis buys out Alice & Joanna Rogers | History
Article & 1985 History Article |
1923 |
1947&48 | The Jacksboro Gazette-News | Name of paper changed in 1947 | 1948 Paper moved into a new building | History of
Location & 1956 Location History Article |
1948-1970 |
1952 | The Jack County Herald | Started by Leigh & Mabel Claire McGee | 2 separate newspapers now in town | 1985 History Article | 1952-2015 |
1970 | The Jacksboro Gazette-News | Paper bought by Herald Publishing (McGee) | 2 papers published weekly until 2015 | 1985 History Article | 1880-2015 |
2015 | The Jacksboro Herald-Gazette | Papers merged in July | Now only one weekly paper | 1985 History Article | 2015-Present |
Some Newspaper History
Articles Below
(Click articles to make images LARGE)
The White Man - Harris A. Hamner
History & J.N. Rogers & The Flea by H.H.
McConnell
H.H. McConnell's Drug Store in Jacksboro
History & The Frontier Echo by Gen. George W.
Robson
History, J.N. Rogers, His Daughters, & J.R. Dennis
Tom Marks & The Tom Marks Corn Club
Tom Marks Leaves & W.B. McComb buys The Jacksboro
News
H.E. Dennis buys the interest of Alice & Joanna Rogers and becomes half owner with his brother.
1948 The Jacksboro Gazette-News moves into a new building.
The first article gives the locations of the newspaper through the years.
1956 Old Newspaper Building Taken Down. -History of the
Newspaper Locations.
1985 Article about the history of the
newspapers. Right side is the 1910 obituary for J.N. Rogers