GHN Vol. 27 No. 1 Spring/Summer 2022

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  • Gold rush journalists germinated Gastineau newspaper, portraits of small town life and sharp partisanship
  • Publishing, power, politics always closely linked
  • Smart, feisty women often took the lede [sic]
  • Troy daughter ran Empire two decades — and tried to save news in Skagway
  • Military launched next generation of female writers
  • Long tenure, largest circulation ever: the free Capital City Weekly
  • The Voice of Brotherhood
  • Native warrior’s sword was the pen
  • Former Empire writers and progressive activists galvanized the Independent
  • The Breeze blew and the J-Bird flew; teens produced some top-notch papers
  • Rivalry led to indictment of all local editors at once (and a bullet to the head)
  • Douglas editors had longevity, but never achieved retirement
  • List of Gastineau Channel newspapers
  • Local history current news and GCHS updates