From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 43:
Newspapers
The first newspaper published in Rutland was established by Anthony Haswell, June 18, 1792, and was called the Herald of Vermont or Rutland Courier. Only thirteen numbers were issued when the office was burned and the paper discontinued.
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In 1793, a Mr. Lyon commenced the publication of the Farmers' Library or, Vermont Political and Historical Register which was continued for two years, when the concern was purchased by judge Samuel Williams and Rev. Samuel Williams, LLD., who issued the first number of the Rutland Herald or Vermont Mercury, December 8, 1794. On Monday, June 29, 1795, the name was changed to The Rutland Herald, a Register of the Times. During the different changes of proprietors it has always been known as the Herald. Those early papers were little larger than a sheet of foolscap, printed in very large type. The Rutland Daily Herald was first published by Geo. A. Tuttle, April 29, 1861, growing out of the exigencies of the Civil War, and has continued to the present time, one of the fixed institutions of Rutland. Albert H. Cobb, stilI connected with The Tuttle Co., was the foreman in the composing room of the Daily Herald for two and a half years upon its establishment. At that time the printing establishment was near the head of Washington Street. Merchants Rowand Center Streets were then unknown as the business streets of the town. The Herald has passed under the management of a long list of publishers, among whom the Tuttle family for many years were represented, and it was printed then at 11 and 13 Center Street, where The Tuttle Company are now located.
Besides the daily and weekly editions of The Rutland Herald, published by the Herald and Globe Association, in the Herald building on Merchants Row, opposite the depot, there is a daily afternoon paper, with a weekly edition also, The Rutland News, the editor and proprietor of which is Charles T. Fairfield. This paper is published in the Evening News Building, on Grove Street.
Other papers, magazines and literary productions, have come and gone through the years, all of them doing more or less in moulding the sentiments of the people and aiding in the growth and development of the community.