The Edmond Sun

The Edmond Sun has helped provide a sense of place for Edmondites since it premiered as a small weekly in Oklahoma Territory on a hot July 18, 1889, day, in what was known then as a train refueling town. Today, many of Edmond's sprawling population of more than 90,000 residents connect with their community by subscribing to The Edmond Sun. Oklahoma's oldest continuously published newspaper is the hometown voice of Edmond during its territorial days, wars, dust bowls and the Great Depression. It has served Edmond through joy and despair, through drought, tornadoes and prosperity. Almost 128 years of publication has witnessed Edmond Public Schools grow from the seeds of the Territorial School House to one of the best educational systems in the United States. The Edmond Sun saw the Territorial Normal School evolve into a vibrant University of Central Oklahoma. Following the great Land Run of 1889, many early day community leaders in Edmond's history took part in the establishment of Edmond's history through present day. By telling their stories through the decades, The Edmond Sun has given the community a sense of place amid the backdrop of a sprawling metroplex. On a hot July 18, 1889, The Edmond Sun premiered as a small four-page weekly in what was then a train refueling town. Milton "Kicking Bird" Reynolds' legacy as founder of The Edmond Sun secured more than a century of local news. Though Reynolds died in 1890, his community vision swept across the 20th Century to succeed the new millennium. Countless generations of residents have placed in scrapbooks cut-out articles about family life and impacting news events - all because Reynolds brought his manual printing press, typewriter and determination from Kansas to Edmond in 1889. "I arrived in Oklahoma and at once began a diligent search for suitable locations for friends ... but Edmond is unquestionably the center of the garden spot of Oklahoma," he wrote in one of his first issues. "This is the first issue of The Edmond Sun in the beautiful land," Reynolds wrote. "It is here to stay and lay the foundations of a growing city and prosperous trade center.