The Fairhope Public Library is proud to provide this digital archive of our local newspapers.
This database of digitized newspapers is brought to you through an LSTA grant awarded to the Fairhope Public Library.
The newspapers are searchable by keyword, date or issue. Tutorials are also available under the Resources tab from the menu bar at the top of the page.
The newspaper originally began as a publication of the Fairhope Industrial Association, the pre-cursor of the Fairhope Single Tax Colony. The company moved to Fairhope in 1894 and published the Fairhope Courier with colony founder Ernest B. Gaston as its editor.
The Fairhope Courier was initially published monthly, then weekly from 1905 to 1974. In April 1974, the paper was purchased and the name was changed to the Eastern Shore Courier.