New Hampton Tribune IA

The roots to the current New Hampton Tribune newspaper can be traced back to May of 1857 when the first newspaper in Chickasaw County, Iowa the Chickasaw County Republican was published by Isaac Watson in Jacksonville.On January 16, 1860 L.J. Young purchased the Republican and moved it to New Hampton and began publication of the New Hampton Courier with W.E. Beach as editors and publisher.Frank Hazlett founded the Tribune in 1876 Hazlett published the paper until 1893 when he sold it to J.A. Bishop and W.J. Nugent. Nugent sold his interest in the Tribune to Bishop later the same year giving Bishop sole ownership of the Tribune.

The New Hampton Gazette was established in 1895 by James Babcock in 1899 Babcock sold the Gazette to D.A. Thornburg and W.N. Crawford. In 1901 Thornburg sold his interest to Crawford.In 1909 Bishop sold the Tribune to E.F. Feuling and then in 1917 Feuling purchased the New Hampton Courier and merged it with the Tribune, and the Courier discontinued publication.On February 11, 1931 the New Hampton Gazette merged with the New Hampton Tribune and operated as the Tribune-Gazette.