The Rock Island Register
T. J. Pickett launched a Republican paper -the Rock Island
Register-February 9, 1859, and published from the start a weekly and
tri-weekly, with Campbell W. Waite as associate editor, who continued his
connection with the paper for about five months. June 6, 1860, C. W.
Kirkland became a partner, the firm name being Pickett and Waite. editors
and proprietors. January 9, 1861, Mr. Pickett having been elected to the
Legislature, Mr. M. S. Barnes took charge of the editorial department,
which he retained until the return of Mr. Pickett in August of that year.
The tri-weekly ceased publication some time in the Summer of 1861, and the
weekly some time in 1862.
The Press Of Rock Island County
Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908