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The earliest newspaper in Oregon was the Oregon Spectator, published in Oregon City from 1846, by a press association headed by George Abernethy. [2] This was joined in November 1850 by the Milwaukie Western Star and two partisan papers – the Whig Oregonian, published in Portland beginning on December 4, 1850, and the Democratic Statesman, launched in Oregon City in March 1851. [2]
He immigrated to Oregon in 1862 and practiced law in Jacksonville. [5] Congress had enacted the Pacific Railway Act of 1862, and Gaston became interested in surveying the route of rail traffic north from the California border. At this time Gaston also served as editor of Jacksonville's Oregon Sentinel, a newspaper founded by William G. T'Vault ...
Gaston is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located between Forest Grove to the north and Yamhill to the south, the city straddles Oregon Route 47 and borders the Tualatin River. Named after railroad executive Joseph Gaston, its population was 637 as of the 2010 census. [5] [4]
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The first daily paper was Portland's Daily News, begun by S. A. English and W. B. Taylor, April 18, 1859. [6] [14] The "first real Republican paper" on the west coast was the Oregon City Argus, founded in 1855 and merged into the Statesman in 1863. [6] A number of pro-Southern newspapers in Oregon were suppressed by the
The Mercury, later The Sunday Mercury, was a weekly newspaper founded in Salem, Oregon in 1869, [1] and moved to Portland a few years later. [2] Oregon writer Homer Davenport described approaching the Mercury when he arrived in Portland as a young man, and being sent to New Orleans to cover and draw pictures of the Fitzsimmons-Dempsey fight.
Brief overview of newspaper history in 1940 WPA book "Oregon: End of the Trail" Some newspaper history in Gaston's 1911 history: wikisource:en:Portland, Oregon: Its History and Builders/Volume 1/Chapter 14; The University of Oregon lists newspapers of record for 33 of the state's 36 counties.