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7 APRIL 1875 – 13 MAY 1886 · the town's first newspaper
Walkerton's press begins with a named man on a dated day: the Walkerton Visitor was first issued by Henry S. Mintle on 7 April 1875 — Howard's county history of 1907, read first-hand for this build, is the record — eighteen years after the town's plat and two years before its incorporation. Mintle conducted the paper for eleven years, until his death on 13 May 1886. The Visitor's own file does not survive in the record reached; the paper is known by its founding, its founder, and its succession, and by the volume counting its successor kept: when the Independent printed "Vol. XVII" in April 1892, it was counting its years from Mintle's 1875 — the successor's own arithmetic that the two papers are one line.
Sources:
- Howard, A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana (1907) — the Walkerton press record (the Visitor's first issue, 7 April 1875; Mintle's death, 13 May 1886; the sale to Endly), read first-hand.
- St. Joseph County Independent, 23 April 1892 (Vol. XVII) — the successor's volume counting from 1875, at Hoosier State Chronicles OCR strength.