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Black River News
Commercial
1860s
c. 1869
Poplar Bluff, MO
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"The town of Poplar Bluff gave very little evidence of progress before the establishment, in 1869, of the Black River News, by Drs. G. L. Poplin and Geo. T. Bartlett."
— Source: A VIEW OF A GROWING TOWN OR POPLAR BLUFF AS IT WAS, AS IT IS, AND AS IT WILL BE (referenced c. 1869)
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A newspaper established in 1869 that helped attract immigrants and railroad development to Poplar Bluff.
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