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Description: PIONEER JOURNALISTS OF OREGON. Col. W. G. T'Vault, 1843, first editor of the "Spectator," issued at Oregon City, February 5, 1846, the first paper west of the Missouri River. Thomas J. Dryer, 1850, founder of the "Oregonian," first issue December 6, 1850, on the corner of Front and Morrison streets. Asahel Bush, 1851, founder of the "Statesman," Salem, first issue March 21, 1851. Thornton T. McElroy, 1851, printer on the "Spectator," Oregon City, and founder of the "Columbian," first newspaper north of the Columbia River, issued at Olympia, September 1, 1852. Delazon Smith, 1852, founder of the "Democrat," Albany, 1853: one of the first United States senators from Oregon.
Title: Early Oregon journalists from Horner
Credit: Oregon Literature by Johan B. Horner (page scans at Internet Archive), p. 44
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