“The Times

In the spring of 1888 a strong movement was started by leading business men for the establishment of a newspaper in Wilmington and as a result of this agitation, The Deerfield Valley Times was born July 12 of the same year, with F.L. Stetson of Jacksonville, publisher and L.E. Keyser of Havana, N.Y., editor.  The enterprise was backed by Hosea Mann, C.D. Spencer, E.E. Wheeler, O.O. Ware, A.M. Johnson, E.A. Williard, Jr. and John R. Buell, who guaranteed to furnish Mr. Stetson $1250 worth of subscriptions and advertising the first year…”

Reference Data:

Wilmington, Vermont by John Hall Walbridge, 1900, page 58