Date Original
1875-1881
Description
This collection contains issues between 1875 and 1881 of the Dardanelle Independent newspaper, the Arkansas Independent, the Independent Arkansian, and the Western Immigrant and Independent Arkansian. It also contains issues of the Western Immigrant and the Arkansas Methodist newspapers.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Dardanelle Independent was a newspaper founded in Dardanelle, Yell County, Arkansas, on January 7, 1875 by David P. Cloyd and Joseph F. Thomason. By late August-early September 1875, the paper was purchased by a new publisher, Dr. Marion "Merry" Monroe McGuire. After a series of title changes, the newspaper became the Independent Arkansian on August 10, 1877 and would continue to be published under that name until suspending and later ceasing publication in September 1883. Two other papers were published out of Dr. M. M. McGuire's office, the Western Immigrant and the Arkansas Methodist. The Western Immigrant was published by M.L. Davis from 1877 to 1881, and the Arkansas Methodist was published by Reverend James Harralson in the 1870s and 1880s. This collection was donated to the Arkansas State Archives by the family of M.M. McGuire. He was born on November 28, 1836 in Mayfield, Kentucky, and died on June 27, 1886 in Dardanelle, Arkansas.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Dardanelle, Yell County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000864
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Dardanelle, Arkansas, newspaper collection, MS.000864
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Dardanelle, Arkansas, newspaper collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
