. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . The Isabella County Enterprise. N an early day in the historyof the county, O. B. a weekly paper calledtlie Northern Pioneer. Thematerial used and the print-ing press, which was the firstpress in the county, werehauled from Ithaca to Mt. Pleasant inthe year 1863, by order of Judge may be stated here that this samepress is still in use at the Enterpriseoffice; and, although it passed throughthe fire of 1875, it is still in good work-ing order. The first issue of the paper was datedNov. 30, 1864. It was Republic
. Portrait and biographical album of Isabella County, Mich . The Isabella County Enterprise. N an early day in the historyof the county, O. B. a weekly paper calledtlie Northern Pioneer. Thematerial used and the print-ing press, which was the firstpress in the county, werehauled from Ithaca to Mt. Pleasant inthe year 1863, by order of Judge may be stated here that this samepress is still in use at the Enterpriseoffice; and, although it passed throughthe fire of 1875, it is still in good work-ing order. The first issue of the paper was datedNov. 30, 1864. It was Republican inprinciples, and has always been an ex-ponent, and is still a supporter, of the Republicanparty. The name has been changed to the IsabellaEnterprise, and John R. Doughty is now editor andproprietor. The original proprietor sold, in an earlyday, one-half interest to James P. Welper, and after-ward the remainder to Myron McLaren, who subse-quently bought out Mr. Welper. Mr. McLaren thensold to I. A. Fancher, and the latter in turn sold toAlbert Fox, who
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