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Blytheville was founded by Methodist clergyman Henry T. Blythe in 1879. It received a post office the same year, was incorporated in 1889, and became the county seat for the northern half of Mississippi County (Chickasawba District) in 1901. Blytheville received telephone service and electricity in 1903, and natural gas service in 1950. [4]
The Courier: Hamburg 1901 c. 1902 [38] The Crossett Home-News: Crossett: 1949 1950 Merged into The Crossett News Observer: The Crossett News-Observer: Crossett 1950 1980 Renamed The Ashley News Observer: The Crossett Observer: Crossett 1906 c. 1940: Owned by the Crossett Lumber Co. [53] The Daily News: Mountain Home 1994 1999 Succeeded the ...
The Post and Courier (1803) The Bedford Gazette (1805) Goshen Independent (1806) The Bourbon County Citizen (1807) (established as The Western Citizen, it is the oldest in the state of Kentucky) Press-Republican (April 12, 1811) [5] The Repository (March 30, 1815) (established as The Ohio Repository, it is the oldest in the state of Ohio) [6]
KLCN was an American radio station airing a Classic Hits format. Formally licensed to Blytheville, Arkansas, broadcasting on 910 kHz AM.The station served the areas of Blytheville, Arkansas, Dyersburg, Tennessee, Covington, Tennessee, and Kennett, Missouri for nearly 90 years.
By June, Blytheville Army Airfield, a B-25 pilot training facility with three runways, was in operation. The school closed in 1946, and was converted into a suburb. The facility reopened in 1954 as Blytheville Air Force Base, a B-57 and later B-52 base. [12] Gosnell was incorporated as a first-class city on March 12, 1968.
The Blytheville Commercial Historic District encompasses most of the central business district of Blytheville, Arkansas, one of the TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS of Mississippi County. It extends along Main Street between 5th and Franklin Streets, and along Ash Street between 5th and 2nd.
The Kress Building is a historic commercial building at 210 West Main Street in Blytheville, Arkansas. It is a two-story concrete and steel structure, faced in brick and terra cotta. The building is the home of the Delta Gateway Museum, which interprets the history of the city of Blytheville and the surrounding area.
Blytheville Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base that operated under the Tactical Air Command and Strategic Air Command from 1954 until its closure in 1992. The facility originally served as a B-25 pilot training school during WW2.