Discover America’s Story’s parent company, SmallTownPapers, has been digitizing small market newspaper archives for years. Of all of the archives digitized and hosted online, the Shelton-Mason County Journal in Washington state gets the most page views. The community has demonstrated an intense interest in looking through the archive and sharing what they find with family and friends.
Publisher Tom Mullen spoke with us about his decision to digitize the archive dating back to 1886 and what his community has to say about finally being able to conveniently search and explore it. Click below to read the Shelton-Mason County Journal Case Study.
