“The Oldest and Best Read County Seat Weekly in the Panhandle,” the Claude News, is now accessible on The Portal to Texas History. Through the hard work of the Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library, and through the generous support of the Tocker Foundation, newspapers from Armstrong County’s seat, Claude, are available from across six decades. Originally named Armstrong City, Claude was founded in 1887 by the Ft. Worth and Denver City Railway, and it was very shortly thereafter renamed for Claude Ayers, the engineer who brought the first train through the town. With ties to Charles Goodnight and to Hollywood, Claude, Texas, has a big past for such an unassuming community! Three films, The Sundowners, Hud, and Sunshine Christmas were filmed in Claude. The Claude News was the weekly newspaper produced when the Claude Argus and the Goodnight News merged at the turn of the 20th-century.
Thanks to The Handbook of Texas for its rich biography of Claude!
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