Elyton Herald

The Elyton Herald was a weekly newspaper established in 1853 by John Cantley, who purchased the Washington hand press and type used for the former Central Alabamian from Moses Lancaster.

Cantley sold the paper to Henry Hale, who continued to publish, with some interruptions, until moving the paper to the newly-established city of Birmingham in 1871 as the Birmingham Herald.

Hale sold it to Mayor Robert Henley that year and Henley changed its name to the Birmingham Sun.

References

• Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works.
• Cruikshank, George H. (1920) History of Birmingham and Its Environs: A Narrative Account of Their Historical Progress, Their People, and Their Principal Interests 2 volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company. - via Birmingham Public Library Digital Collections