Eastern Arizona Courier

[2] In 1922 W. M. Moore and Clyde W. Ijams became the editors, and the following year the paper merged with The Gila Valley Farmer, which had been formed in 1916.

[8] After the merger, the paper was renamed the Graham County Guardian and Gila Valley Farmer, with William B. Kelly as the editor.

[2] Kelly edited the paper until 1943, when it was purchased by the Gila Printing and Publishing Company, which changed the name to the Graham County Guardian.

[2] In 1975, Gila Printing, owned by Louis F. Long, sold the Graham County Guardian to Robert G. Gentry, who had published the Eastern Arizona Courier of Safford since 1967.

[9] Gentry merged the two papers together to form the Eastern Arizona Courier and Graham County Guardian and then sold them in 1983[10] to Wick Communications.