The Memphis Avalanche, also Memphis Daily Avalanche, was a newspaper of Tennessee in the United States that was published from 1858 to 1862, and then from 1866 until 1890. [1] The Memphis Avalanche-Appeal was published from 1890 to 1894. [2] The Avalanche supported secession prior to the American Civil War, and opposed the Republican Party for the remainder of its existence. [1] M. C. Galloway and W. H. Rhea were the editors and publishers circa 1868. [3]
The poetry of Lillian Rozell Messenger was first published in the Avalanche under the pen name Zena Clifton. [4]