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History
When co-founder J.W. Walsh made a trip to
Portland, Oregon, he was asked why he named his newspaper Vidette.
His reply was, "Because the name is a French term for the
forward point, or outer perimeter guard, of the main body of
troops."
It has also been said that the word 'vidette' belongs to the
military and means sentinel, a mounted sentinel on the frontier.
When the Vidette was founded on February
1, 1883, it was claimed to be the westernmost newspaper in the
continental United States.
"We are here. We mean business. And we
mean to stay." Those words were what founders J.E. Calder
and J.W. Walsh wrote in their very first edition of the Vidette
on February 1, 1883, and the Vidette has not missed an
issue since.
Today the Vidette, owned and published
by the Stephens Media Group, employs two reporters, a salesperson,
two production staff, an office manager, and a part-time assistant,
working on nine Macintosh
computers. Pages are laid up and sent electronically every Wednesday.
The printed newspapers are then delivered to the post office
and delivery routes on Thursday morning.
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