Fayette Tribune

The Fayette Tribune is a newspaper serving Oak Hill, West Virginia, and surrounding Fayette County.[1] Published Monday and Thursday, it has a circulation of 1,093 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.[2]

East Greenwich Pendulum
TypeMonday and Thursday
Owner(s)Community Newspaper Holdings
Founded1915
Headquarters417 Main Street, Oak Hill, WV 25901
Circulation1,093
Websitewww.fayettetribune.com

History

In 1915, Charles A. Goddard acquired the Fayette Tribune and Free Press,[3] a name simplified to the Fayette Tribune in 1924.[4] In 1930 the Tribune was sold to the Woodyard brothers, who also purchased the Fayette Democrat.[3]

The Fayette Tribune was the first newspaper to call attention to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster,[5] a large scale incident of occupational silicosis, considered to be one of the worst industrial tragedies in the history of the United States.[6] Reporting in February 1931 the paper broke the story:

"Their [sic] is a great deal of comment regarding the unusually large number of deaths among the colored laborers in the tunnel works. The deaths totaled about 37 in the past two weeks."[5]

The mining continued, however, resulting in an estimated 476 deaths before construction halted.[7]

References
  1. "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
  2. 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  3. "Another Fayette Newspaper Is No More". Beckley Post-Herald. 2 October 1972.
  4. "About The Fayette Tribune". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  5. "Memorial Sought for Those Lost". The Atlanta Constitution. 25 July 2010.
  6. "The Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster: Summersville, WV". National Park Service. U. S. Department of the Interior.
  7. "Book explores Hawks Nest tunnel history". Fayette Tribune. 2 April 2008.


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