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Organized, 1875; named for Chautauqua County, New York; County seat, Sedan; area, 651 square miles, 416,640 acres; population (1915), 11,236; assessed valuation (1915), $14,905,868; resources and industries—natural gas, oil, agriculture and stock raising SEDAN Population (1915), 1454; elevation, 835 feet; established, 1871; named after Sedan, France; industries—marble works, oil and gas wells; has telephones, owns its waterworks system; is on Missouri Pacific railway Sedan Discontinued Sedan Short-lived--Vol. 1 TIMES-STAR, Republican; Roy L. Pruit, editor and publisher, Sedan. Weekly. Jan. 19, 1894 + 22 vols. Continuation of the following: Chautauqua Journal, Sedan, founded 1875 by H. B. Kelley and R. S. Turner; consolidated with the Sedan Times 1885. Cedar Vale Times, founded 1878; moved to Sedan same year and name changed to Chautauqua County Times, with P. H. Albright, editor and publisher; name again changed in 1881 to Sedan Times, A. D. Dunn, publisher; consolidated 1885 with Chautauqua Journal, under the name of Sedan Times-Journal, R. G. Ward, editor and publisher. Cedar Vale Star, founded 1884 by I. D. McKeehen; consolidated with Times-Journal at Sedan 1894 and name changed to Weekly Times-Star, Adrian Reynolds and F. G. Kenesson, editors and publishers. Freeman's Lance, Peru, founded 1891 by W. A. Tanksley; moved to Sedan 1892 and known as Sedan Lance, Lance, with A. S. Koonce, editor, and D. E. Shartel, publisher; consolidated with the Times-Star 1909. Sedan Republican, founded 1890 by T. B. Ferguson, sold to the Lance 1892. Chautauqua County Democrat, and Chautauqua County Journal; early history unknown; Society has no copies of either one on file CEDAR VALE Population (1915), 978; elevation, 915 feet; established, 1870; named from the location; industries—roller mill; has electric lights, telephones; owns its waterworks system; is in the gas and oil district; is on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways Cedar Vale Discontinued Cedar Vale Short-lived--Vol. 1 COUNTY LINER AND CEDAR VALE COMMERCIAL, independent; W. Cecil Jones, editor and publisher, Cedar Vale. Weekly. Feb. 27, 1914+2 vols. Cedar Vale Commercial, founded 1889 by W. M. Jones and J. W. Milnes; consolidated with the County Liner 1914. The County Liner, Cedar Vale, founded 1914 by W. Cecil Jones ELGIN Population (1915, estimated), 500; elevation, 781 feet; established, 1869; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Elgin Discontinued DERRICK, independent; H. C. Chacey, editor and publisher, Elgin. Weekly. Aug. 14, 1915 + Early history unknown; first issue in Society's file is vol. 14, No. 6 JOURNAL, local; T. E. Trigg, editor and publisher, Elgin. Weekly. Apr. 13, 1916 + Founded. 1916 by T. E. Trigg PERU Population (1915), 541; elevation, 805 feet; established, 1870; formerly known as Belleville; industries—brick plant, gas wells; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific railways Peru Discontinued SUN, independent; J. R. Potter, editor and publisher, Peru. Weekly. Not received by the Society.
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