Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Pensacola Gazette

541 bytes added, 12:11, 4 March 2008
New page: The '''''Pensacola Gazette'''' (later '''''Pensacola Gazette and West Florida Advertiser''''') was an early four-page newspaper that began publication on March 13, 1824 and continu...
The '''''Pensacola Gazette'''' (later '''''Pensacola Gazette and West Florida Advertiser''''') was an early four-page newspaper that began publication on [[March 13]], [[1824]] and continued until [[1861]]. It was founded by [[W. Hasell Hunt]] with an initial 75 subscribers.

[[Benjamin Drake Wright]] was editor of the ''Gazette'' from [[1834]] to [[1845]]. He used the paper to advocate a railroad line from Pensacola to Columbus, Georgia, and an inland waterway between Pensacola and New Orleans.

{{media-stub}}

[[Category:Newspapers]]

Navigation menu