The Cherokee Regional Library System has announced a major expansion of the digital archive for the Walker County Messenger, giving researchers, students and residents access to keyword-searchable editions of the newspaper from 1889 through 1997.
The newly digitized collection extends the archive well beyond its previous endpoint of 1924 and is available free to the public through the Digital Library of Georgia’s Georgia Historic Newspapers collection at gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu .
Lecia Eubanks, director of the Cherokee Regional Library System, called the expansion a major milestone for the community, saying local history should be easy for residents to discover and explore…