André Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-96; François André Michaux's Travels West of Alleghany Mountains, 1802; Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a Tour Northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803

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The first two newspapers were the Kentucke Gazette, founded by John Bradford in 1787—the pioneer paper of the West; and the Kentucky Herald, founded by James H. Stewart in 1795. See Perrin, “Pioneer Press of Kentucky,” in Filson Club Publications (Louisville, 1887), No. 3.—Ed.

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