Marion Co TOC

    Marion Co, AR was formed 29 Sep 1836 and for the next 37 years the citizens of the county depended on out-of-town newspapers. The first local paper printed in the County was the Gazette founded in Mar 1873 by Frank Mason. The newspaper office was located in Yellville and due to lack of financial support closed a scant 17 months later. The next paper, The Post, did slightly better - lasting two years, until it also closed for lack of financial support.
    Twelve years passed before the County again had a local paper. Then in 1886 three newspaper offices opened - a paper called the Videtta. Issac Clark's Yellville Watchman and The Mt. Echo. The Videtta. and Yellville Watchman didn't last long. (Other then the Echo there are no known copies of these early newspapers.) By the end of 1886 The Mt Echo was the only newspaper in operation.
    The Mt Echo, located in Yellville, produced a weekly paper from 1886 until Dec 2001 when it was purchased by The Flippin Mountaineer and the name was changed to The Mountaineer Echo.

1994 Special Edition Produced for Turkey Trot. Reprinted photos & articles from old issues

Abstracts of the Mt Echo "gossip columns" and other items of local interest
by (c) Gladys Horn Brown

Mar 1886	Apr 1886	May 1886	Jun 1886	Jul 1886	Aug 1886	Sep 1886
Oct 1886	Nov 1886	Dec 1886	Jan 1887	Feb 1887	Mar 1887	Apr 1887
May 1887	Jun 1887	July 1887	Aug 1887	Sep 1887	Oct 1887	Nov 1887
Dec 1887	Jan 1888	Feb 1888	Mar 1888	Apr 1888	May 1888	Jun 1888
Jul 1888	Aug 1888	Sep 1888	Oct 1888	Nov 1888	Dec 1888	Jan 1889
Feb 1889	Mar 1889	Apr 1889	May 1889	Jun 1889	Jul 1889	Aug 1889
Sep 1889	Oct 1889	Nov 1889	Dec 1889	Jan 1890	Feb 1890	Mar 1890
Apr 1890	May 1890	Jun 1890	July 1890	Aug 1890	Sep 1890	Oct 1890
Nov 1890	No issues	Jan 1891	Feb 1891	Mar 1891	Apr 1891	May 1891
Jun 1891	Jul 1891	Aug 1891	Sep 1891	Oct 1891	Nov 1891	Dec 1891
Jan 1892	Feb 1892	Mar 1892	Apr 1892	May 1892	Jun 1892	Jul 1892

Gladys did a wonderful job abstracting items of local interest, here Linda expands on Gladys' abstracts. (c) Linda Haas Davenport

Mar 6 1886	Mar 12 1886	Mar 19 1886	Mar 26 1886	Apr 2 1886	Apr 9 1886
Apr 16 1886	Apr 23 1886	Apr 30 1886	May 7, 1886	May 14 1886	May 21, 1886
May 28 1886

Abstracts of 1921 Mt Echo by (c) Lois Sullivan Stradley

May 1921	Jun 1921	Jul 1921	Aug 1921	Sep 1921	Oct 1921
Nov 1921	Dec 1921

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