The Trailblazer

Indiana’s first printing press: the beginnings of journalism in Knox County

Reid McClure • April 25, 2018

Vincennes was the first city in Indiana to have its own printing press. This printing press was specialized by Elihu Stout.

Thoughts on Elihu Stout, establisher of the first newspaper in Indiana

Mason Morancey • April 25, 2018

In 1804 the first newspaper in Indiana was erected by a man named Elihu Stout. Stout, a New Jersey native, moved to Vincennes in order to aid William Henry Harrison who was in dire need for a printing...

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