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(Redirected from The Winfield Daily Courier) Newspaper in Arkansas City, Kansas
The Cowley Courier Traveler
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Winfield Publishing Company
Founder(s)M. G. Mains
PublisherDavid Allen Seaton
Founded1870 (As The Arkansas City Traveler)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters200 E 5th Avenue
Arkansas City, Kansas
Circulation3,561
ISSN2473-8107
OCLC number953100866
Websitectnewsonline.com

The Cowley Courier Traveler is a local newspaper published in Arkansas City, Kansas, United States. It covers communities across Cowley County and is publishes a print edition mailed to readers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The paper was formed in 2016 through the merger of The Winfield Daily Courier and The Arkansas City Traveler. The Cowley Courier Traveler is a member of the Kansas Press Association.

History

Windfield Courier masthead, cirxa 2014

The Arkansas City Traveler was founded in 1870 by M. G. Mains. It was named after a song of the same name and early issues had a fiddle below the masthead. The newspaper was sold to Stauffer Communications in 1924, which was acquired by Morris Communications in 1995. Morris sold the paper to Winfield Publishing Company in 2001.

The Winfield Courier was first published in Jan. 1, 1874 by Col. E.C. Manning. It was renamed to The Winfield Daily Courier in 1884. The paper's owner bought The Arkansas City Traveler in 2001and merged the two together in 2016 to form The Cowley Courier Traveler.

See also

References

  1. "Record Details". Kansas Press Association.
  2. "Browse Full Member Database | Kansas Press Association". kspress.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  3. "The Cowley Courier Traveler (Arkansas City, Kan.) 2016-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  4. "Contact Us". The Cowley Courier Traveler. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  5. ^ "Arkansas City, Winfield newspapers to merge". Kansas Press Association. June 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  6. "Cowley Courier Traveler". Kansas Newspaper Directory. Kansas Press Association. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. Evans, Harold C. "Arkansas City, Kansas History". Kansas State History. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  8. "The Howards Sell Paper". The Eureka Herald. 1924-03-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  9. "History - Morris Communications". Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  10. "Winfield firm buys Ark City paper". The Manhattan Mercury. 2001-08-30. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  11. Seaton, Dave (2016-06-29). "The Winfield Daily Courier: A brief history". The Cowley Courier Traveler. Retrieved 2024-07-28.

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