The Saginaw Daily Courier was a newspaper published from 1868 to 1881 in

Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

. It has it roots with an earlier local newspaper called the East Saginaw Courier. Merging with other newspapers as time went on it eventually became the ''

Saginaw News ''The Saginaw News'' is a newspaper publication based in Saginaw, Michigan, owned by Booth Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications. Published on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (along with a joint Tuesday edition with ''The Bay City Times ...

''.

History

The history starts with ''The East Saginaw Courier'' that was first published in June of 1859 by

George F. Lewis George F. Lewis (June 7, 1828 – May 30, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American journalist and proprietor of several newspapers. He helped in the printing of the first time news of presidential election results were published. He was involved ...

. It was printed in

East Saginaw, Michigan East Saginaw is a defunct city in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. History Much of the area that later became East Saginaw was granted by treaty to James Reilly, the Métis son of fur trader Stephen V. R. Reilly and his Chippewa wif ...

, a city that no longer exists. The city was on the

Saginaw River The Saginaw River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed November 7, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is formed by the confluence of the Tittabawassee and Sh ...

, located near the "thumb" region of Michigan. Lewis was the proprietor and first editor of the newspaper. It was at the beginning a four-page weekly publication. It came out on Thursdays. Lewis in 1861 sold his press equipment to Perry Joslin, proprietor of ''Saginaw Weekly Enterprise'' newspaper. The sale agreement was made so that Lewis could still use the press upon request. The East Saginaw Courier in 1863 updated and bought new printers. It was financed by Captain Lyon who then became a partner in the newspaper firm. Their central offices had moved around the city at least six times between 1859 and 1866. The Saginaw Courier Company of East Saginaw in 1868 was publishing the ''Saginaw Daily Courier'' and at the same time as the weekly newspaper ''East Saginaw Courier''. Lewis published both newspapers. The weekly newspaper was eventually phased out by 1881 and the two publications became ''The Saginaw Courier.'' The Saginaw Courier Company bought out ''Saginaw Daily Herald'' in 1889 and upon merging became the ''Courier-Herald.'' At one time or another this newspaper was owned by two Michigan state governors,

Aaron T. Bliss Aaron Thomas Bliss (May 22, 1837 – September 16, 1906) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and the 25th governor of Michigan, and was from Saginaw. Bliss Township was named after him. Early life in New York Bliss ...

and

Chase S. Osborn Chase Salmon Osborn (January 22, 1860 – April 11, 1949) was an American politician, newspaper reporter and publisher, and explorer. He served as the 27th governor of Michigan from 1911 to 1913. The governor spent time at Possum Poke in Georgi ...

. The ''Saginaw Evening News,'' another paper in Saginaw, bought the ''Courier-Herald'' in 1918 and was renamed the ''Saginaw News Courier,'' then ''Saginaw Daily News'' and finally ''

The Saginaw News ''The Saginaw News'' is a newspaper publication based in Saginaw, Michigan, owned by Booth Newspapers, a division of Advance Publications. Published on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (along with a joint Tuesday edition with ''The Bay City Times'' ...

'' in the mid 1930s.

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