| Newspaper Name | Date Formed | Location | Publisher | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Allegany Mercury | 1818-1819 | Hamilton, now called Olean | Benjamin F Smead | see: Hamilton Recorder |
| The Hamilton Recorder | 1819 from the Mercury | Hamilton, now called Olean | Franklin Cowdery | discontinued after a few years |
| The Western Courier | 1826-1827 | Ellicottville | Richard Hall | see: Cattaraugus Gazette |
| Cattaraugus Gazette | 1827
formerly the Western Courier |
Ellicottville | Richard Hall | discontinued after a few years |
| The Lodi Pioneer | 1827-1830 | Lodi, now Gowanda | Lewis B Edwards | see: Lodi Freeman and Messenger |
| Lodi Freeman and Messenger | 1830-1833
formerly the Lodi Pioneer |
Lodi, now Gowanda | G.N. Starr | see Cattaraugus Freeman |
| Cattaraugus Freeman | 1833-1844
formerly Lodi Freeman and Messenger |
Lodi, now Gowanda | Eliakim Hough | see: The People Advocate and Lodi Banner |
| The People Advocate and Lodi Banner | 1844-1850
formerly Cattaraugus Freeman |
Lodi, now Gowanda | Eliakim Hough | see: Cattaraugus Chronicle |
| Cattaraugus Chronicle | 1850-1850
formerly The People Advocate and Lodi Banner |
Lodi, now Gowanda | Henry M Morgan | see: Independent Chronicle |
| Independent Chronicle | 1850-1854
formerly Cattaraugus Chronicle |
Lodi, now Gowanda | Henry M Morgan | see: The Gowanda Chronicle |
| The Gowanda Chronicle | 1854-1856
formerly Independent Chronicle |
Lodi, now Gowanda | John M Henry | continued until April 30, 1856 when the office burned down
see: The Gowanda Phoenix |
| The Ellicottville Republican | 1833-1834 | Ellicottville | Delos E Sill | see: The Cattaraugus Republican |
| The Cattaraugus Republican | 1834-1862 | Ellicottville | 1834-1855 by RH Shankland
1855-1862 by Fred A Saxton |
publication ceased in 1862
click here to read more about the paper |
| The Cattaraugus Republican | Circa 1901 |
Salamanca-Little Valley |
Transcribed Single Issue 9/30/1901 | Unknown if this is an offshoot of the Ellicotville Paper |
| The (2nd) Allegany Mercury | 1835-1836 | Olean | G. W. Cutler | see: The Olean Advocate |
| The Olean Advocate | 1836-1838 | Olean | Rufus Griswold, 1836-37
Carlos Woodcock, 1837-38 |
see: The Olean Times |
| The Olean Times | 1838-1843 | Olean | Dudley Bryan, 1838
A.M. Badger, 1838-1841 |
discontinued in 1841 |
| The Hinsdale Democrat | 1836-1838 | Hinsdale | Joseph Lyman, 1836
Edw. Hughes & Co, 1836-38 |
discontinued around 1838 |
| The People's Gazette | 1840-1842 | Hinsdale | George C Smith | moved to Geneseo, Livingston County in 1842 |
| The Cattaraugus Whig | 1840-1854 | Ellicottville | Delos E Sill | see: The Cattaraugus Freeman (2) |
| The Cattaraugus Freeman(2) | 1854-1866 | Ellicottville | Sill and Beecher | discontinued in 1866 |
| The Randolph Herald | 1842-1847 | Randolph | Mason; Marsh; Fletcher & Russell; 1842-45
JJ Strong, 1845-47 |
Strong joined the Mormons and took the paper to Nauvoo, Illinois in 1847 |
| The Freeman and Messenger | 1843 | Hinsdale | L.E. Smith | see: The Expositor |
| The Expositor | 1843-1846 | Hinsdale | Edwin & Allen Fuller | discontinued in 1846 |
| The Gowanda Whig | 1850-1851 | Gowanda | James T Henry | see: The Whig and Union |
| The Whig and Union | 1851 | moved to Ellicottville | James T Henry | see: The American Union |
| The American Union | 1851- 1919 | Ellicottville | Robert Shankland | went out of business in 1919
represented the interests of the Democratic Party |
| The Gowanda Phoenix
see: The Gowanda Chronicle |
after fire in 1856
until 1857 |
Gowanda | Louis S Morgan | moved to Bradford, PA |
| The Cattaraugus Sachem | 1851-1852 | Randolph | unknown | the press was removed to Olean in 1852 |
| The Randolph Whig | 1852-1857 | Randolph | CK Judson &
Benj. F Morris |
see: Randolph Reporter |
| The Randolph Reporter | 1857-1858 | Randloph | Benjamin Morris | moved to Gowanda
see: The Gowanda Reporter |
| The Gowanda Reporter | 1858-?? | Gowanda | N. W. Henry &
Frank Stebbins |
still in business in 1860 |
| The Olean Journal | 1853-1856 | Olean | Charles Aldrich | see: Olean Advertiser |
| Olean Advertiser | 1856-?? | Olean | James T Henry | still in business in 1860 |
| Olean Times Herald | 1860 as Olean Times
in present time as Olean Times Herald |
Olean | L.M. Gano, 1860 Fitzpatrick family 1911-1988
|
Current Publisher is Charles M Ward
Published daily for 5 NY and PA counties |
| Allegany Citizen | 1896- 1970s | Allegany | on microfilm at the Allegany Public Library and the Allegany Historical Society | |
| Salamanca Republican Press | 1926- 1981 | Available on microfilm through SARA | ||
| Salamanca Press | 1981 - now -formerly Salamanca Republican Press | currently published daily and Sundays |
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