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Organized, 1885; named for the Comanche tribe of Indians; County seat, Coldwater; area, 795 square miles, 508,800 acres; population (1915), 4688; assessed valuation (1915), $10,940,974; resources and industries—sandstone, mineral paint, gypsum, wheat, and stock raising COLDWATER Population (1915), 1088; elevation, 2085 feet; established, 1884; first called Smallwood; later name changed in honor of Coldwater, Mich; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Coldwater Discontinued Coldwater Short-lived--Vol. 1 TALISMAN, local; McIntyre & Stanley, editors and publishers, Coldwater. Weekly. Feb. 3, 1905 + 11 vols. Founded 1905 by McIntyre & Stanley WESTERN STAR, independent; H. V. Butcher, editor and publisher. Weekly. Sept. 20, 1884—Feb. 1885; July, 1885 + 31 vols. Founded 1884 by J. G. and W. M. Cash; consolidated 1892 with the Protection Echo, founded 1885 by E. G. Phelps; moved to Coldwater in 1886, E. G. Phelps, editor and publisher, and H. E. Ross, associate editor; consolidated 1891 with the People's Advocate, Coldwater, founded 1890, N. S. Mounts, editor and publisher; continued as the Echo-Advocate, by E. G. Phelps; consolidated in 1892 with the Western Star, W. Star, W. M. Cash, editor and publisher. Coldwater Review, founded 1884, with S. W. Vandivort, managing editor, and Joe H. Carter, publisher; suspended in 1891 and subscription list sold to the Western Star. Nescutunga Enterprise, founded 1886, N. S. Mounts, editor, and N. S. Mounts, P. O. Davis and T. E. Beck, proprietors; moved to Coldwater in 1888 and name changed to the Coldwater Enterprise, N. S. Mounts, editor, and Geo. W. Newman, publisher; sold to the Western Star in 1895, W. M. Cash, editor and publisher. Stock Journal, Coldwater, founded 1900, Geo. W. Kelley, editor, Parker Wright, manager, published by the Journal Publishing Co., sold to the Western Star in 1904, H. V. Butcher, editor and publisher PROTECTION Population (1915), 721; elevation, 1846 feet; established, 1884; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Protection Discontinued Protection Short-lived--Vol. 1 POST, local; W. A. Blackburn, editor, W. Clyde Pyle and W. A. Blackburn, publishers, Protection. Weekly. Jan. 14, 1909 + 7 vols. Founded 1907; early history unknown, Society's first issue being vol.3, No. 2, showing W. Clyde Pyle, editor and publisher WILMORE Population (1915), 212; elevation, 2019 feet; established about 1887; named for Thomas Wilmore, its first merchant; industries—volcanic ash mine; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway NEWS, independent; Walter C. Ray, editor and publisher, Wilmore. Weekly. Aug. 23, 1912—Mar. 28, 1913; Oct. 31, 1913 + 3 vols. Founded 1912 by F. C. Trillingham. |
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