Daily Republican (Arkansas) Explained

The Daily Republican, known as the Morning Republican from 1868 until 1872,^[1] was a Reconstruction era newspaper published in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1872 until 1876.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

It reported on Mark Twain's book Innocents Abroad.^[6] The paper ran an editorial about Indian affairs.^[7]

Abolitionist Joseph Carter Corbin was a reporter at the paper before becoming the state's secretary of education. He also founded the predecessor of University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.^[8]

There was an Arkansas Democrat published in DeWitt, Arkansas from 1879 until 1882.

See also

• List of newspapers in Arkansas
• Daily Republican (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Morning Republican (Little Rock, Ark.) 1868-1872. Library of Congress.
2. Web site: Little Rock Daily Republican ([Little Rock, Ark.]) 1872-1876]. Library of Congress.
3. Web site: History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library Newspaper Database. www.library.illinois.edu.
4. Web site: Auburn University. Auburn University.
5. Book: The African American Experience in Texas: An Anthology. Bruce A.. Glasrud. James. Smallwood. November 7, 2007. Texas Tech University Press. 9780896726093. Google Books.
6. Web site: Little Rock Notices. twain.lib.virginia.edu.
7. Book: Reconstruction and Mormon America. Clyde A.. Milner. Brian Q.. Cannon. October 3, 2019. University of Oklahoma Press. 9780806165547. Google Books.
8. Web site: The Victory of Greenwood: O.W. Gurley. Tulsa. Star. December 23, 2019. November 7, 2020. March 5, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200305153820/https://newtulsastar.com/2019/12/23/the-victory-of-greenwood-o-w-gurley/. dead.