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Newspaper The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1898-190? Weekly optic and stock grower

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About The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1898-190?

The seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, Las Vegas depended on farming and sheep ranching until 1879, when it became a major stopping point on the Santa Fe Trail and subsequently the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. Las Vegas was incorporated as a city in 1888, New Mexico Highlands University was founded there in 1893, and the town acquired a county courthouse in 1912. However, three distinct communities developed in Las Vegas. Upper Town remained a small community that declined after 1870. West Las Vegas (Old Town), on the west side of the Rio Gallinas, was largely Hispanic. East Las Vegas rested on the east side of the river by the railroad, was newer and chiefly Anglo-American. The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower was published in East Las Vegas and intended primarily for its residents.

The papercommenced publication on February 6, 1898, and continued through December 25, 1920. It was formed by a merger of the Las Vegas Weekly Optic and the Stock Grower and Farmer. Title variances included the Las Vegas Optic and Livestock Grower and the Weekly Optic and Live Stock Grower. The April 2, 1898 edition of the Weekly Optic and Stock Grower stated in the heading that a subscription cost $2.00 a year.

Although the editors published the Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower almost exclusively in English, two issues contained limited Spanish language content–July 29, 1899, and September 23, 1899.

Provided By: University of New Mexico

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1898-190?

Other Title

  • Weekly optic and stock grower

Dates of Publication

  • 1898-190?

Created / Published

  • Las Vegas, N.M. : [Las Vegas Pub. Co.]

Headings

  • -  Las Vegas (N.M.)--Newspapers
  • -  East Las Vegas (N.M.)--Newspapers
  • -  San Miguel County (N.M.)--Newspapers
  • -  New Mexico--East Las Vegas
  • -  New Mexico--Las Vegas
  • -  New Mexico--San Miguel County
  • -  United States--New Mexico--San Miguel--Las Vegas
  • -  United States--New Mexico--San Miguel--East Las Vegas

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began with Feb. 6, 1898. Cf. Grove, Pearce S. /New Mexico newspapers.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format as part of the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Description based on: 14th yr., no. 50 (Mar. 5, 1898).
  • -  Weekly optic and live stock grower (DLC)sn 92070421 (OCoLC)26068464

Medium

  • v.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn92070422

OCLC Number

  • 26068453

ISSN Number

  • 2329-7603

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The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower Las Vegas, N.M. -190?. (Las Vegas, NM), Jan. 1 1898. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn92070422/.

APA citation style:

(1898, January 1) The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower Las Vegas, N.M. -190?. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn92070422/.

MLA citation style:

The Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower Las Vegas, N.M. -190?. (Las Vegas, NM) 1 Jan. 1898. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn92070422/.