Wallowa County Chieftain
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)EO Media Group
Founder(s)S. A. Heckethorn
Founded1884
Headquarters209 N.W. First St. Enterprise, OR 97828
CityEnterprise, Oregon
CountryUnited States
Circulation1,916 Print
373 Digital (as of 2023)[1]
Websitewallowa.com

The Wallowa County Chieftain is a weekly newspaper in Enterprise, Wallowa County in the U.S. state of Oregon.

History

Founded in Joseph in 1884 by S. A. Heckethorn, the newspaper preceded the establishment of the county itself.[2][3] A few years after Enterprise was selected as the county seat, the paper relocated there.[2][4] Though the newspaper was named after Chief Joseph, it was not particularly friendly to Native American issues, and opposed a Joseph's request to resettle Wallowa Valley in 1900.[5]

George Cheney became the owner, editor, and publisher in 1911, on the wave of an economic boom experienced in Enterprise upon the completion of a railroad and sawmill, as well as a booming agricultural business. Cheney built a new building, designed to meet the needs of the paper, which it occupied beginning in 1916.[2] Cheney sold the newspaper in 1941, and the building in 1943, to Gwen Coffin. Coffin, who brought a more controversial approach to the paper, owned it until 1972.[2]

In a 2006 article about Joseph, the New York Times cited the Chieftain's coverage of a new grocery store.[6]

The building used by the paper from 1916 to 2007 has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2012.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "EO Media Group Publishing Map". EO Media Group LLC. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers/Wallowa County
  3. ↑ "Enterprise chieftain" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  4. ↑ "Enterprise". oregonencyclopedia.org.
  5. ↑ "Joseph, Wallowa Chieftain - Oregon Digital Newspaper Program". odnp.uoregon.edu.
  6. ↑ PREUSCH, MATTHEW (May 26, 2006). "Rugged, Western and Still a Bargain". New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Wallowa County Chieftain Building". state register site.


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