Marion County, Alabama Newspaper Clippings, 1887 - 1893

Journalism in Marion County, Alabama got its start in April 1885 with the Marion County Herald. Soon other upstart papers sprang up to compete with the Herald. Over the years several newspapers vied for the dominant spot. This is the first volume of a series of books containing newspaper clippings from the earliest existing papers from Marion County. This volume covers the years 1887 through 1893. While the Marion County Herald began in 1885, the first two years are missing because of the courthouse fire which occurrred in 1887. The clippings contained in this volume concentrate with notes of births, marriages, and deaths. It also contains articles which were important to the history and growth of the county. The history of the county is written in the pages of its earliest newspapers. Read what the ancestors of the people of Marion County were doing and talking about.