We would like to thank volunteers Karen Daniels and Kim Marie Fischer Peters for their hard work transcribing issues of the Sanford Herald for our digital archive. By making these transcriptions available, the archive can be searched more effectively. Keep up the great work!   https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/sanford_herald/

On August 22, 1908, the Sanford Herald published its first issue. Featuring articles about the cost of purchasing and developing farm land and details of orange culture, the first issue was named the “industrial edition” as Sanford was then known as the Gate City to Florida. News of the past is no longer limited to…