Wood County Monitor

The Wood County Monitor is a weekly newspaper serving Wood County, Texas. In August 2016, newspaper operations of the Mineola Monitor and the Wood County Democrat were merged by their owner, Bluebonnet Publishing, to form the Wood County Monitor.

Wood County Monitor
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Bluebonnet Communications
EditorDoris Brooks
HeadquartersQuitman, Texas and Mineola, Texas
CountryUnited States
Circulation1,534 weekly[1]
Websitewoodcountymonitor.com

History

The Democrat

Alfred Padon was editor and publisher of the Wood County Democrat when it was founded in 1893 in Quitman, Texas with financial support from local area merchants.[2] The newspaper's original site included a Vaughan Ideal hand-press. The entire operation was reported to have cost around $800 to start-up.[2]

The newspaper's main objective upon its founding was the opposition of Populism.[2] Prior to that, Padon had been publisher of the Mineola Monitor.[2] Quitman businessmen approached him about founding a newspaper in the county seat.[2]

Padon resigned as editor and publisher in 1895, and the paper was briefly operated by Grogan and Goodwin for the owners, which included a Dr. Leath and Hix Rhodes.[2] Then in 1896, Perno Thomas became editor.[2] He later assumed ownership and sold a half interest in the plant to Earl Jones in 1901, but later repurchased it.[2] In 1903, Clyde Jordan of Alba purchased an interest in the paper, but eventually Thomas again regained full ownership.[2]

The paper merged with the Mineola Monitor to form the Wood County Monitor in 2016, ending publication under the Democrat masthead.

Merger

Prior to the merger, the Mineola Monitor operated under its own masthead in Mineola, and the Wood County Democrat operated under its own masthead in Quitman. Staffing at the newspapers did not change, and the staffs of both newspapers were merged.

References
  1. "Wood County Monitor". Texas Press Association. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  2. Wood County: 1850-1950. Quitman, Texas: Wood County Historical Society. 1976. p. 52 – via University of North Texas' Portal To Texas History.
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