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Valentine Dell (November 8, 1829 - October 10, 1885) was an educator, newspaper editor and publisher, politician, and U.S. marshal in Arkansas. He served terms in the Arkansas Senate and helped establish Fort Smith's first free public school system. He immigrated to the United States from Germany. He eventually settled in Fort Smith. He had several children including a son Valentine Dell Jr.

He published the New Era in Fort Smith.

References

1. "History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas: From the Earliest Time to the Present, Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Sundry Personal, Business, Professional, and Private Records". 1889.
2. Allsopp, Fred William (May 13, 1922). "History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More". Parke-Harper Publishing – via Google Books.
3. "Valentine Dell". Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
4. "1876 May 18: Voucher, to Valentine Dell, publisher of the Fort Smith Weekly New Era, for three publications of ad, attached; Stephen Wheeler, clerk; James A. Fagan, U.S. marshal". United States Western District Court of Arkansas Records, 1839-1892. May 18, 1876.

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