The first issue of the Floyd County Hesperian Gazette, numbering four pages, was published at Floydada on March 27, 1896 by Claude V. Hall, and the newspaper eventually merged with the Lockney Beacon in 1991 to form the Floyd County Hesperian-Beacon. Since last May we have been celebrating our 125th year, which, due to changes in issue numbering over the years, will ...