The Times was founded in 1854[1] by James W. Sheahan, Daniel Cameron, and Isaac Cook[2] with the support of Democrat and attorney Stephen A. Douglas, and was identified as a pro-slavery newspaper.
During the Civil War, General Ambrose Burnside, head of the Department of the Ohio, suppressed the paper in 1863 because of its hostility to the Union cause, but Lincoln lifted the ban when he received word of it.
Storey and Joseph Medill, editor of the Republican-leaning Chicago Tribune, maintained a strong rivalry for some time.
After just one year, Dunne left the Times to work for the rival Chicago Tribune.
Frank B. Noyes acquired an interest in the new newspaper at the time and served as publisher, with Kohlsaat as editor.