Tehachapi News

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Tehachapi News
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)C.A. Seay
Managing editorChristine Peterson
Founded1900
LanguageEnglish
CityTehachapi, California
CountryUnited States
Sister newspapersBakersfield Californian
Websitetehachapinews.com

Tehachapi News is a weekly newspaper in Tehachapi, California.

History

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In 1900, C.A. Seay published the first edition of the Tehachapi Tomahawk in Tehachapi.[1] After a few months he relocated the paper to Mojave.[2] In June 1902, Charles Heath bought the Tomahawk and moved it back to Tehachapi.[3] In March 1909, he leased the paper to Frank H. Boughton,[4] who left suddenly after two months.[5] Heath published the Tomahawk until September 1914 when it was sold to his son Erle Heath.[3]

In June 1916, George W.B. Snell bought the paper.[3] In May 1919, the Tomahawk briefly suspended publication but was revived by T.G. Nicklin.[6] a month later the paper was acquired by F.A. Meyer and Merle D. Hurlbut.[7][8][9] At that time the paper was renamed to the Tehachapi News.[10] In June 1920, Erle Heath, son of Charles Heath, resumed editorship of the paper.[11]

In February 1921, Archie J. Hicks, owner of the Palmdale Post, bought the News.[12] He sold it in November 1927 to Wesley L. Davis Jr., who also owned The Mojave Record and The Randsburg Times.[13] George R. Burris bought the company in March 1930,[14] and sold it in July 1935 to Grove Wilson.[15] Wilson grew ill around March 1943 and leased the News to Walter Johnson.[16] Johnson published the paper until his death in June 1964.[17] The business was then passed down to his two sons, Richard and Warren Johnson.[18]

in May 1998, the owners of The Bakersfield Californian bought the Tehachapi News At the time the paper had a circulation of 8,000.[19] In June 2019, the Harrell-Fritts family sold the two papers to Sound News Media.[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Notice". The Ventura Weekly Post and Democrat. November 23, 1900. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Notice". The Citrograph. March 2, 1901. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b c "New Editor of Tomahawk". The Tehachapi News. June 22, 1916. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Editor Heath Will Retire". Bakersfield Morning Echo. Mar 30, 1909. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Heath Is On Job Again". Bakersfield Morning Echo. May 11, 1909. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Tomahawk Is Back On Newspaper Map". Bakersfield Morning Echo. May 9, 1919. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Notice". Bakersfield Morning Echo. June 4, 1919. p. 2.
  8. ^ "The New Tomahawk". Bakersfield Morning Echo. June 11, 1919. p. 2.
  9. ^ "County Has Produced Many Able Journalist In Past Half Century". Bakersfield Morning Echo. May 1, 1920. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Death Of A Pioneer". Bakersfield Morning Echo. June 17, 1919. p. 2.
  11. ^ "Resume Editorship of Tehachapi News". The Fresno Morning Republican. June 26, 1920. p. 15.
  12. ^ "Palmdale Post Publisher Buys Tehachapi News". The Tehachapi News. February 19, 1921. p. 1.
  13. ^ "Davis Publications Buy Tehachapi News". The Tehachapi News. November 18, 1927. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Merced Printer Buys Three Papers In Kern". The Fresno Morning Republican. March 18, 1930. p. 8.
  15. ^ "Tehachapi News Sold by Burris to New Yorker". The Tehachapi News and the Mojave-Randsburg Record-Times. July 12, 1935. p. 1.
  16. ^ "Walter Johnson Leases Newspaper At Tehachapi". Lake Elsinore Valley Sun-Tribune. March 18, 1943. p. 2.
  17. ^ "Walter Johnson dies in Tehachapi". Daily Record. Banning, California. June 18, 1964. p. 7.
  18. ^ Barras, Judy (August 16, 1972). "Even Papers Have a History". The Tehachapi News. p. 3.
  19. ^ "Bakersfield Californian buying Tehachapi News". The Fresno Bee. May 8, 1998. p. 6.
  20. ^ "Tehachapi News sold". Tehachapi News. Jun 3, 2019. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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