History

The Guymon Herald was published weekly on Thursdays from 1891 until 1925. A subscription could be purchased for $1.00 for a year or $0.50 for six months. It was an eight-page, seven-to-eight column newspaper, measuring 15 by 22 inches. The town of Guymon had a population around 300, and the Herald had an estimated 951 subscribers.

R. B. Quinn took over publishing in 1904 until 1907, when Warren Zimmerman took over the publication. In 1915, a subscription was $1.50 a year.

In 1916, J. Q Denny took over as proprietor. In 1918, it became the official county paper. On March 1st, 1919 the Guymon Democrat consolidated with the Guymon Herald. That same year, Giles E. Miller & Son served as publishers for the newspaper and it claimed it was established 1890, not 1891. It ceased publication in 1925.

Preceding titles include the Goodwell Independent, the Goodwell News, the Guymon Democrat, and the Hardesty Herald.



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Guymon Herald in The Gateway to Oklahoma History. Oklahoma Historical Society. https://gateway.okhistory.org/explore/collections/GMNHD/ accessed November 11, 2024.



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