Jones Valley Times
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The Jones Valley Times, a weekly newspaper published in Elyton, was the first such publication in Jefferson County. It lasted for only two years, between 1845 and 1847. Critic John Witherspoon Dubose described the paper as "neither fish, flesh, nor fowl" in its politics, and characterized its operations as "precarious".
The newspaper's assets were purchased in 1849 by Joseph Smith and Baylis Grace, who launched The Central Alabamian that year.
References
- Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works.
- Jackson, Harvey H. (2000) The WPA Guide to 1930s Alabama Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, p. 167. ISBN 0817310282