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== History ==

== History ==

On June 25, 1859, the ”Tulare County Record” and ”Fresno Examiner”, and was first published by J. W. Carpenter.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 27, 1859 |title=Telegraphic |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1859 |title=Tulare County Record And Fresno Examiner |work=Columbia Weekly News |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Visalia Times Delta |url=https://static.visaliatimesdelta.com/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027140604/https://static.visaliatimesdelta.com/about/ |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=static.visaliatimesdelta.com}}</ref>

On June 25, 1859, the ”Tulare County Record” and ”Fresno Examiner”, and was first published by J. W. Carpenter.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 27, 1859 |title=Telegraphic |work=The Sacramento Bee |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 14, 1859 |title=Tulare County Record And Fresno Examiner |work=Columbia Weekly News |pages=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Visalia Times Delta |url=https://static.visaliatimesdelta.com/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027140604/https://static.visaliatimesdelta.com/about/ |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=static.visaliatimesdelta.com}}</ref>

In 1871, Henry M. Briggs sold the ”Delta” to E.M. Dewey.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 25, 1871 |title=Newspaporial |work=Petaluma Weekly Argus |pages=2}}</ref> In 1890, Ben M. Maddox bought the ”Times” from S.B. Patrick.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 30, 1890 |title=Coast Items. {{!}} Brief Notes From Pacific States and Territories. |work=The San Francisco Call Bulletin |pages=10}}</ref> He launched a daily edition two years later.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 23, 1892 |title=Notice |work=Daily Delta |location=Visalia, California |pages=2}}</ref>

In 1895, Alonzo Melville Doty bought a half-interest in the ”Delta”<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1895 |title=Evidences Of Prosperity |work=Daily Delta |location=Visalia, California |pages=3}}</ref> from George W. Stewart, and he became the paper’s sole owner three years later.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news |date=July 18, 1907 |title=Alonzo Melville Doty Sells the Delta and Will Take Trip Around the World. |work=The Fresno Morning Republican |pages=3}}</ref> Doty was a well-regarded journalist who wrote a column called “Local Lyle.”<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite news |date=August 15, 1907 |title=Newspaper Changes In San Joaquin Valley |work=The Evening Mail |location=Stockton, California |pages=4}}</ref> He sold the ”Visalia Delta” in 1907 to the owner of the two-year-old ”Visalia Courier,” who absorbed the paper but kept the latter’s name.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:1″ /> A year later Charles A. Whitmore and H.W. Dockham bought the ”Delta” for $17,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 29, 1908 |title=Delta Will Changes Hands |work=Visalia Times-Delta |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 31, 1908 |title=Says Will Have Sole Charge Of The Delta {{!}} H.W. Dockham Says He And Mr. Whitmore Will Be Proprietors. |work=Tulare County Times |location=Visalia, California |pages=5}}</ref>

In 1895, Alonzo Melville Doty bought a half-interest in the ”Delta”<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1895 |title=Evidences Of Prosperity |work=Daily Delta |location=Visalia, California |pages=3}}</ref> from George W. Stewart, and he became the paper’s sole owner three years later.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news |date=July 18, 1907 |title=Alonzo Melville Doty Sells the Delta and Will Take Trip Around the World. |work=The Fresno Morning Republican |pages=3}}</ref> Doty was a well-regarded journalist who wrote a column called “Local Lyle.”<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite news |date=August 15, 1907 |title=Newspaper Changes In San Joaquin Valley |work=The Evening Mail |location=Stockton, California |pages=4}}</ref> He sold the ”Visalia Delta” in 1907 to the owner of the two-year-old ”Visalia Courier,” who absorbed the paper but kept the latter’s name.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:1″ /> A year later Charles A. Whitmore and H.W. Dockham bought the ”Delta” for $17,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 29, 1908 |title=Delta Will Changes Hands |work=Visalia Times-Delta |pages=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 31, 1908 |title=Says Will Have Sole Charge Of The Delta {{!}} H.W. Dockham Says He And Mr. Whitmore Will Be Proprietors. |work=Tulare County Times |location=Visalia, California |pages=5}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 16:07, 23 September 2025

Newspaper in Visalia, California

The Visalia Times-Delta is a digital and print newspaper published in Visalia, California. It is the oldest newspaper in the San Joaquin Valley. The paper is owned by Gannett and it is part of the USA Today Network.

On June 25, 1859, the Tulare County Record and Fresno Examiner, and was first published in Visalla by J. W. Carpenter.[1][2][3] The name was change that October to the Visalia Delta.[4] In December 1865, a rival paper called the Tulare County Times was founded in Visalla by J.C. Russell.[5][6]

In 1871, Henry M. Briggs sold the Delta to E.M. Dewey.[7] In 1890, Ben M. Maddox bought the Times from S.B. Patrick.[8] He launched a daily edition two years later.[9]

In 1895, Alonzo Melville Doty bought a half-interest in the Delta[10] from George W. Stewart, and he became the paper’s sole owner three years later.[11] Doty was a well-regarded journalist who wrote a column called “Local Lyle.”[12] He sold the Visalia Delta in 1907 to the owner of the two-year-old Visalia Courier, who absorbed the paper but kept the latter’s name.[11][12] A year later Charles A. Whitmore and H.W. Dockham bought the Delta for $17,000.[13][14]

In 1928, Morley M. Maddox, who owned the Visalia Times, and Charles A. Whitmore, who owned the Visalia Morning Delta, merged their papers together to form the Visalia Times-Delta.[15] E. William Kampe bought the paper from them in 1944,[16][17] and sold it to Speidel Newspapers in 1948.[18][19] Speidel merged with Gannett in 1976.[20] As part of the company’s USA Today Network, critics have said that the Times-Delta has lost local control of its own coverage without an on-site editor or publisher.[21]

In 2000, the paper’s website was launched and a Spanish weekly, El Sol, was added in 2003.[22] In 2024, the Times-Delta announced plans to shut down its printing plant,[23] and switch from carrier to postal delivery.[24]

  1. ^ “Telegraphic”. The Sacramento Bee. May 27, 1859. p. 3.
  2. ^ “Tulare County Record And Fresno Examiner”. Columbia Weekly News. July 14, 1859. p. 2.
  3. ^ “About Us | Visalia Times Delta”. static.visaliatimesdelta.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  4. ^ “Notice”. The Placer Herald. Rocklin, Califonria. October 15, 1859. p. 2.
  5. ^ “New Paper”. Merced Sun-Star. December 16, 1865. p. 2.
  6. ^ “Tulare Times”. Los Angeles Daily News. December 22, 1865. p. 2.
  7. ^ “Newspaporial”. Petaluma Weekly Argus. February 25, 1871. p. 2.
  8. ^ “Coast Items. | Brief Notes From Pacific States and Territories”. The San Francisco Call Bulletin. November 30, 1890. p. 10.
  9. ^ “Notice”. Daily Delta. Visalia, California. February 23, 1892. p. 2.
  10. ^ “Evidences Of Prosperity”. Daily Delta. Visalia, California. October 23, 1895. p. 3.
  11. ^ a b “Alonzo Melville Doty Sells the Delta and Will Take Trip Around the World”. The Fresno Morning Republican. July 18, 1907. p. 3.
  12. ^ a b “Newspaper Changes In San Joaquin Valley”. The Evening Mail. Stockton, California. August 15, 1907. p. 4.
  13. ^ “Delta Will Changes Hands”. Visalia Times-Delta. December 29, 1908. p. 1.
  14. ^ “Says Will Have Sole Charge Of The Delta | H.W. Dockham Says He And Mr. Whitmore Will Be Proprietors”. Tulare County Times. Visalia, California. December 31, 1908. p. 5.
  15. ^ “Newspapers at Visalia Are Merged”. The Napa Valley Register. February 7, 1928. p. 4.
  16. ^ “Times-Delta Of Visalia Sold To Michigan Man”. Porterville Recorder. United Press. October 23, 1944.
  17. ^ “Times-Delta Sold”. The Humboldt Times. Eureka, California. Associated Press. October 24, 1944. p. 1.
  18. ^ “Visalia Times-Delta And Plants Are Sold”. The Modesto Bee. Associated Press. May 18, 1948. p. 5.
  19. ^ “Visalia Newspaper Sold To Speidel Newspaper Chain”. Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press International. May 19, 1948. p. 7 – via Google Books.
  20. ^ “Speidel Newspapers Agrees in Principle to Join With Gannett in a $173 Million Deal”. The New York Times. United Press International. December 21, 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  21. ^ Doe, Catherine (March 5, 2015). “Visalia Times-Delta Struggles to Keep Autonomy”. Valley Voice. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  22. ^ Brewer, Chris (2004). Historic Tulare County: A Sesquicentennial History, 1852-2002. HPN Books. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-893619-40-1. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  23. ^ Lindt, John (January 11, 2024). “Visalia newspaper folds up print shop”. The Sun-Gazette Newspaper. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  24. ^ Romero, Sheyanne (March 8, 2024). “Delivery changes coming to Visalia Times-Delta: What to know”. Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved March 16, 2024.

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