The current version of the Woodward News was established in 1984 by Woodward businessman J. Leon Fetzer, but the name itself has a colorful history in Northwest Oklahoma.Ninety years earlier, on Jun 1, 1894, the original Woodward News printed its maiden issue. Moving beyond its early status as a railroad depot on the Fort Reno-Fort Supply military road, Woodward had become a trading hub in the northwest quadrant of Oklahoma Territory.The News was published and edited by Will E. "Billy" Bolton, one of the founders and promoters of Woodward. That paper published on July 30, 1909.