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Lincoln County Leader Oct 1882 – 1892
White Oaks Golden Era Dec 1883 – July 1885
White Oaks Eagle July 1895 – Aug 1903
Old Abe Eagle Nov 1891 – July 1895
Lincoln County Newspaper Archives
FRAY ANGELICO CHAVEZ HISTORY LIBRARY
According to the information, the earliest newspaper that mentioned White Oaks was the New Mexico Interpreter, which published issues from July 21, 1877 to July 26, 1879. This suggests that White Oaks was likely being discussed in this newspaper during 1879, even though the White Oaks Golden Era itself was not founded until December 1880.The search results do not provide any direct quotes or excerpts from the New Mexico Interpreter or other newspapers regarding White Oaks in 1879. However, the timeline in1 indicates that in 1879, three prospectors – John J. Baxter, John Wilson, and Jack Winters – discovered gold in the nearby Jicarilla Mountains, sparking a gold rush to the area and the founding of the White Oaks mining camp. So while the specific details are not provided, it can be inferred that the discovery of gold and the resulting influx of prospectors and miners to the White Oaks area in 1879 would have likely been reported on and discussed in regional newspapers like the New Mexico Interpreter at the time. This was likely the earliest coverage of the nascent White Oaks community in the local press before the founding of the town’s own newspaper, the White Oaks Golden Era, in 1880.