Daily Intelligencer (Atlanta)

Office of the Intelligencer shortly after the surrender of Atlanta

The Daily Intelligencer was first published on June 1, 1849 as the young city of Atlanta's first successful daily newspaper (although the town had previously had weekly papers such as The Luminary). The founders were Benjamin Bomar, Z.A. Rice, Jonathan Norcross and Ira O. McDaniel.[1] During the American Civil War, the newspaper had great trouble acquiring paper from its supplier, the paper mill at Sope Creek.

In 1864, it was purchased by Jared Whitaker, who briefly moved it to Macon during the war. He moved it back to Atlanta after the war, and it was the only city paper to survive. John H. Steele served as its editor from 1860 until his death in January 1871. Captain Evan Howell was its city editor starting in 1868.

The paper closed in April 1871, soon after Steele's death and after intense competition from the new Atlanta Constitution. The newer paper bought at auction the mechanical equipment of the Intelligencer. At that same auction, Whitaker purchased the archives and other paperwork.

Notes

  1. ↑ Garrett, Vol I, p. 279

References

  • Garrett, Franklin, Atlanta and Its Environs, 1954, University of Georgia Press.
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