Staked Plains

Historical marker location:

219 W Main St., Midland, Texas

( 219 W. Main St., Midland)

Marker installed: 1970

First newspaper published in Midland County. Printed in 1885 in frame building once on this site. Copies were hand-set and hand printed at rate of 5 per hour on old-style press. County court proceedings were printed at .75 cent per square inch. J. C. Rathbun was editor and publisher. (1970).

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