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 Sunday, 1 August 1886
2 Monday, 2 August 1886
3 Tuesday, 3 August 1886
4 Wednesday, 4 August 1886
5 Thursday, 5 August 1886
6 Friday, 6 August 1886
7 Saturday, 7 August 1886
1 issue
8 Sunday, 8 August 1886
9 Monday, 9 August 1886
10 Tuesday, 10 August 1886
11 Wednesday, 11 August 1886
12 Thursday, 12 August 1886
13 Friday, 13 August 1886
14 Saturday, 14 August 1886
1 issue
15 Sunday, 15 August 1886
16 Monday, 16 August 1886
17 Tuesday, 17 August 1886
18 Wednesday, 18 August 1886
19 Thursday, 19 August 1886
20 Friday, 20 August 1886
21 Saturday, 21 August 1886
1 issue
22 Sunday, 22 August 1886
23 Monday, 23 August 1886
24 Tuesday, 24 August 1886
25 Wednesday, 25 August 1886
26 Thursday, 26 August 1886
27 Friday, 27 August 1886
28 Saturday, 28 August 1886
1 issue
29 Sunday, 29 August 1886
30 Monday, 30 August 1886
31 Tuesday, 31 August 1886