Akron once had 22 newspapers



B.F. Goodrich, 1871 -- Akron's first rubber factory

There were 22 newspapers in Akron from 1836 to 1854.

They were:

1836 The Akron Weekly Post.

And the following...

The Akron Journal
The Era
The American Balance
The Buzzard
Glad Tidings
The Flower of the West
The Pestalozzian
The Cascade Rourer
The Summit Beacon, (Now is the Akron Beacon Journal)
The Flail
The American Democrat
The Casket
Free-Soil Platform
The Akron Eagle
The Free Democrat
True Kindred
Akron Offering
The Free Democratic Standard
The Sockdelager
The Whip

The School-Mistress

There’s a marvelous web site with old photos of Akron landmarks, too many of them gone today. To see dozens of photos of Akron’s past on Mr. Ed’s website, click on http://mredinjection.blogspot.com/