Henry Buckingham (American publisher)
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Henry Buckingham was a newspaper publisher and community promoter in Cloud County, Kansas
, USA. He is widely regarded as being the first to publish a newspaper in the county and claims that very fact http://www.skyways.kumc.edu/kansas/genweb/archives/cloud/1903/concordia2.shtml in an article written by him and published in 1894. The paper he founded, The Republican Valley Empire was the forerunner to the current publication the Concordia Blade-Empire
, a daily newspaper published in Concordia, Kansas
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Buckingham was also instrumental in bringing railroad lines to the county, serving on the board of the Republican Valley Railway Company.
Cloud County, Kansas
Cloud County is a county located in North Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 9,533. Its county seat and most populous city is Concordia.-19th century:...
, USA. He is widely regarded as being the first to publish a newspaper in the county and claims that very fact http://www.skyways.kumc.edu/kansas/genweb/archives/cloud/1903/concordia2.shtml in an article written by him and published in 1894. The paper he founded, The Republican Valley Empire was the forerunner to the current publication the Concordia Blade-Empire
Concordia Blade-Empire
The Concordia Blade-Empire is a local newspaper for Concordia, Kansas. It is the official newspaper for Cloud County, Kansas. The paper publishes five days a week, Monday through Friday.-History:...
, a daily newspaper published in Concordia, Kansas
Concordia, Kansas
Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. Located on the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains, Concordia was founded in 1871 and is an economic and cultural center in north-central Kansas...
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Buckingham was also instrumental in bringing railroad lines to the county, serving on the board of the Republican Valley Railway Company.