Pocahontas Times

[3] Founded in 1882 in Huntersville by Reverend William T. Price, the paper was initially meant to keep his sons busy and provide extra income to pay for their college education.

Politically engaged, his editorials often fell towards the conservative side of the spectrum: he was, for example, an ardent supporter of Governor Ephraim Morgan's anti-Union America First Day.

[6] But in his 51 years as editor his reputation, both regionally and nationally, was built on his widely syndicated[7] column "Field Notes" which focused on stories of local wildlife, and advanced the cause of conservation.

[8] Due to both his literary and political efforts, West Virginia named a state forest after him while he was still living,[9] a fact of which Price said he was "sinfully proud.

[14] In an ironic turn of events, the paper—the last to use handset type—became the earliest in West Virginia to adopt desktop publishing, after a 1985 flood destroyed their printing plant.