Rockland County Journal

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Title:
Rockland County Journal (3 August 1850 - 16 October 1915)
Also published as:
Rockland County Journal 1850-1916;;
Rockland Journal
Available online:
Aug 3, 1850 - Dec 31, 1892;
Jan 12, 1895 - Dec 25, 1897;
Jan 6, 1899 - May 15, 1915;
(3157 issues)
Region:
Rockland
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Contributing Organization:
Nyack Public Library
Sponsored by the Library Association
of Rockland County
LCCN:
sn85025685

The Rockland County Journal was founded on August 3rd, 1850 by William G. Haeselbarth. The motto on the masthead was "Light More Light," a strong reflection of the enlightenment principles on which the United States was founded and also thought to be the last words of the German writer and philosopher Goethe.

In 1867 Haeslebarth sold his paper to John Charleton. In the year 1878, Frank Green wrote a series of twenty-four articles for the paper entitled "Notes on Nyack" which were drawn largely from recollections by the older residents of the community. In 1886 he published his History of Rockland County and that same year John Charlton sold the newspaper to Green. On April 1, 1886 Frank B. Green took over as proprietor and editor and contributed two columns each week which he entitled "Jottings from the County and Elsewhere." Green died in October of 1887.

The next editor and proprietor of the newspaper was Adam C. Haeselbarth who owned the newspaper until January 1891 when the Helmle Brothers (George B., Joseph P., and William H.) took over the paper. In 1915 when the newspaper ceased publication it was published by The Journal Publishing Company, a New York Corporation - M.B. Patterson was the President and Editor.

The Rockland County Journal was a weekly newspaper since its inception in 1850. Daily newspapers began publishing in Nyack in the late 19th Century and the Rockland County Journal's daily counterpart, The Nyack Evening Journal (1889-1928), undoubtedly had a hand in the weekly's demise.

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1 Monday, 1 October 1866
2 Tuesday, 2 October 1866
3 Wednesday, 3 October 1866
4 Thursday, 4 October 1866
5 Friday, 5 October 1866
6 Saturday, 6 October 1866
1 issue
7 Sunday, 7 October 1866
8 Monday, 8 October 1866
9 Tuesday, 9 October 1866
10 Wednesday, 10 October 1866
11 Thursday, 11 October 1866
12 Friday, 12 October 1866
13 Saturday, 13 October 1866
1 issue
14 Sunday, 14 October 1866
15 Monday, 15 October 1866
16 Tuesday, 16 October 1866
17 Wednesday, 17 October 1866
18 Thursday, 18 October 1866
19 Friday, 19 October 1866
20 Saturday, 20 October 1866
1 issue
21 Sunday, 21 October 1866
22 Monday, 22 October 1866
23 Tuesday, 23 October 1866
24 Wednesday, 24 October 1866
25 Thursday, 25 October 1866
26 Friday, 26 October 1866
27 Saturday, 27 October 1866
1 issue
28 Sunday, 28 October 1866
29 Monday, 29 October 1866
30 Tuesday, 30 October 1866
31 Wednesday, 31 October 1866