The Orofino Courier was the pioneer newspaper for what was then Shoshone County. Horace E. and James R. Greer printed their first issue May 19, 1899 on an army press with a few handfuls of type. The first edition (which is available for viewing at the Clearwater Historical Museum) was just front and back. Later the five-column paper expanded to four pages with part of the news written locally and part of it produced elsewhere. The press and type were brought to Orofino in a buggy, according to the History of North Idaho. The miniature printing plant was installed in the corner of the Clearwater Improvement Company's warehouse near the river bank and there it stayed until the Greers were able to construct a better place for it. Their equipment was upgraded over the years and at the time the book was written in 1903 the office was on Johnson Ave., which at the time was called Main St.

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