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Ridgway is named for the Philadelphia shipping merchant, Jacob Ridgway. Ridgway was founded by Philadelphian shipping merchant Jacob Ridgway and James Gillis. [5] Jacob Ridgway earned substantial wealth both in Philadelphia and abroad in London. He constantly sent sums of money back to be invested in property.
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
Altoona Mirror - Altoona; Beaver County Times - Beaver; Bedford Gazette - Bedford; The Bradford Era - Bradford; Butler Eagle - Butler; Bucks County Courier Times - Langhorne; Bucks County Herald - Plumstead Township
The Daily Press is St. Mary's daily newspaper. [15] WDDH (FM 97.5) is a country music station based in Ridgway and the most powerful station in the region, being heard as far north as Cattaraugus County, New York. WKBI (AM 1400) operates an Adult Standards/Oldies format. Also heard on 94.5 FM, W233BS. WKBI (FM 93.9) operates a Contemporary Hit ...
The year 2004 also began a run in the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's Newspaper of the Year Awards unmatched in the contest's history. The Patriot-News has been either first or second place as the state's Newspaper of the Year for seven years in a row, with first-place wins in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2010. The contest includes more than 50 ...
Elk County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 30,990. [2] Its county seat is Ridgway. [3] The county was created on April 18, 1843, from parts of Jefferson, Clearfield, and McKean Counties.
The first daily newspaper in Somerset, the Somerset Daily Herald made its first appearance on July 1, 1929, with the headline, "'Polish John pleads today." Initially distributed to 300 subscribers, the publication began under the leadership of Henry Baker Reiley, following his acquisition of the semiweekly Somerset Herald, and was eventually renamed as the Daily American.
Jacob Ridgway (April 18, 1768 – April 30, 1843) was an American merchant and diplomat from Philadelphia. He served as Consul for the United States to Belgium during Thomas Jefferson's presidency. He served as Consul for the United States to Belgium during Thomas Jefferson's presidency.