Tracy Press
newspaper in Tracy, California
The Tracy Press is a weekly newspaper published in Tracy, California, United States. As of 2014, the paper has an average weekly circulation of over 10,000 and covers both Tracy and Mountain House.
History
The Tracy Exponent was established in 1892 by W. W. Felts, who soon changed the name to The Tracy Times. The following year he sold the newspaper to Thomas Duffy, who after less than a year sold it to D. J. Looney. It was under Looney the name was changed to Tracy Press. Frank P. Anderson and Charles P. Fox purchased the paper in 1899, but soon sold it to Rev. William Paul Friedrich.
In 1911, Ida M, Ross, who for a few months published a rival paper, acquired The Press and ran it until most of the town's business district was destroyed in a fire in February 1912. Henry Hull then owned the paper for a few decades until selling to Harvey F. Mathews on July 1, 1943. After his death in 1949, his wife Laura E. Mathews assumed management of the paper followed by her sons Thomas F. and Samuel H. Mathews.
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