Record-Courier (Nevada)
| Type | Twice-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Adam Trumble |
| Founder(s) | A. C. Pratt |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Language | English |
| City | Gardnerville, Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| Website | recordcourier |
The Record-Courier is a twice-a-week newspaper in Gardnerville, Nevada. It is one of the oldest continuously published nameplates in Nevada. The Record-Courier covers Carson Valley, located in Douglas County, Alpine County (California), and Mono County (California) in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
History
[edit]The newspaper has its origins in The Carson Valley News founded in Genoa, Nevada by A. C. Pratt on Feb. 20, 1875.[1] The newspaper was sold to Boynton Carlisle in 1880 and he renamed it to The Genoa Weekly Courier. Soon after the sale John Cradlebaugh opened the Genoa Journal, which was bought by George Smith. Carlisle ran the Courier for six months before selling out to Smith who absorbed it into the Journal.[2]
Smith and Del Williams moved the Journal from Genoa to Gardnerville in 1899, starting a newspaper war with George “The Fiddler” Lamy, who published the Gardnerville Record since July 12, 1898.[2] Lamy sold the Record to traveling dentist Dr. Stoddard P. Southworth[3] and Charles Southworth in 1902. Two years later the Southworths bought the Courier on April 1, 1904 and merged the two to form The Record-Courier.[2] The brothers sold the paper in November that same year to Wm. Ezel.[4]
Bert N. Selkirk owned and operated the paper from 1908 to 1944, selling it to Arthur Suverkrup and his son John.[5] Tony Payton and Tom Dickerson sold the paper in 1970 to Frank Griffin.[6] The newspaper was purchased by Don and Lynn Woodward in 1971. The couple sold it to Swift Communications in 1988.[7] On August 1, 2019, The Record-Courier along with the Nevada Appeal, the Lahontan Valley News, and the Northern Nevada Business View, were sold to Pacific Publishing Company. The papers reformed under the division Nevada News Group.[8] PPC sold the division in January 2025 to Eagle Valley Publishing, founded by the Appeal's editor Adam Trumble.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "R-C still newspaperin' after 148 years". The Record-Courier. October 4, 2023. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ a b c Hildebrand, Kurt. "R-C celebrates 120 years since merger". The Record-Courier. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "Dr. Southworth Dies Today in Tonopah". Reno Gazette. December 12, 1933. p. 14.
- ^ "Record-Courier Sold". The Daily Appeal. November 10, 1904. p. 3.
- ^ "Bert N. Slkirk Former Nevada Publisher Passes". Reno Gazette-Journal. February 15, 1954. p. 11.
- ^ "Record Courier At Gardnerville Reported Sold". Nevada State Journal. February 6, 1970. p. 6.
- ^ "Swift chain buys Record-Courier". Reno Gazette-Journal. February 26, 1988. p. 26.
- ^ "Pacific Publishing acquires The Record-Courier and associated Nevada publications". The Record-Courier. Gardnerville, Nevada. 1 August 2019. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Eagle Valley Publishing purchases Nevada Appeal, Lahontan Valley News". Nevada Appeal. January 3, 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-06.