''The Gettysburg Times'' is an American
newspaper
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in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, owned by the
Sample News Group. It is published daily, except for Sundays, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.
The ''Times'' was founded in 1902 as ''The Progress'', but is also the successor to prior newspapers going back to the ''Adams Centinel'' which was founded in 1800 and was the first newspaper in
Adams County.
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''Gettysburg Times''
History
In September 1902, Madison Alexander Garvin started ''The Progress''. By 1905, it was renamed ''The Gettysburg Times''.
[(27 October 1952)]
Interesting News Highlights Published in First Daily 50 Years Show Early Trend
''Gettysburg Times'' (50th anniversary issue)
The ''Adams Centinel'' was founded by Robert Harper in November 1800 as the first newspaper of any kind in the county. It was a weekly. The wording of "Centinel" was later changed to "Sentinel". In 1867, the ''Sentinel'' combined with the ''Star'' (founded in 1828) to become the ''Star and Sentinel''. The Times and News Publishing Company, then owner of the ''Gettysburg Times'', took over the ''Star and Sentinel'' in 1920, and it published as a weekly until 1961.
[(27 October 1952)]
Robert Harper Founded First Weekly Paper in County, the Adams Centinel, 1800
''Gettysburg Times'' ''The Gettysburg Compiler'', founded in 1818, was also acquired by the Times' owner.
[McIlhenny, Hugh C. (12 October 1994)]
Gettysburg Times history: a 'sick child' comes of age
''Gettysburg Times'' (reprint of March 1984 article)
The
Sample News Group, then owner of 12 papers, acquired the paper in early 2013 from the Jones family, after longtime publisher Phil Jones died in 2011.
[(20 November 2012)]
The Gettysburg Times has been sold
''WITF'' (Associated Press story)[(20 November 2012)]
''Gettysburg Times''[(29 October 2011)]
''Gettysburg Times''
References
External links
Official Website of ''The Gettysburg Times''Gettysburg Times Archives
at Google News (1909-2009)
The Adams Centinel Archives
(1800–05, 1813–60, 1883)
The Centinel
(1805-1813)
Gettysburg Compiler Archives
(1869-1953)
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Daily newspapers published in Pennsylvania
1902 establishments in Pennsylvania
Newspapers established in 1902
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania