Times have changed, but Crockett County's newspaper, which dates back to 1873, is still a family-owned and operated business. The company got a strong start from its founder, Leslie Sims, and continued to grow in the passing years. The newspaper still serves as the central news source for the people in its community.
In 1909, at the age of seventeen, Leslie Sims already had three years of printing experience. He founded a newspaper in Kentucky along with his father and his brother, Paul. But he soon decided to try his luck in Crockett County TN, where he had spent much of his childhood. He founded The Tri-County News in Friendship in 1912 when only twenty years old.
With the success of the Tri-County News, he moved to the county, Alamo, and began publishing The Crockett Times in 1933. Sims purchased The Crockett County Sentinel, founded in 1873, in 1942. He published all three papers from Alamo, even though each one went to a different community - Bells, Alamo or Friendship.
Vol. 2 No. 1 (May 22, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 2 (May 29, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 3 (June 5, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 4 (June 12, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 5 (June 19, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 6 (June 26, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 7 (July 3, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 8 (July 10, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 9 (July 17, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 10 (July 24, 1913) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 11 (July 31, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 12 (August 7, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 13 (August 14, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 14 (August 21, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 15 (September 4, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 16 (September 11, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 17 (September 18, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 18 (September 25, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 19 (October 2, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 20 (October 9, 1913) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 21 (October 16, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 22 (October 23, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 23 (October 30, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 24 (November 6, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 25 (November 13, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 26 (November 20, 1913) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 27 (November 27, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 28 (December 4, 1913) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 29 (December 11, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 30 (December 18, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 31 (December 25, 1913)
Vol. 2 No. 32 (January 8, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 33 (January 15, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 34 (January 22, 1914) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 35 (January 29, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 36 (February 5, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 37 (February 12, 1914) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 38 (February 19, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 39 (February 26, 1914) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 40 (March 5, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 41 (March 12, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 42 (March 19, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 43 (March 26, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 44 (April 2, 1914) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 45 (April 9, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 46 (April 16, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 47 (April 23, 1914)
Vol. 2 No. 48 (April 30, 1914) -- issue is missing
Vol. 2 No. 49 (May 7, 1914)