Fifty Years In The Northwest Part 97

MILLE LACS COUNTY--PRINCETON.

Princeton _Union_, weekly, R. C. Dunn, established 1876.

MORRISON COUNTY--LITTLE FALLS.

Little Falls _Sun_, weekly, Little Falls Publis.h.i.+ng Company, Cyrus D.

Auyer, editor, established 1882.

Little Falls _Transcript_, weekly, W. M. Fuller, established 1877.

_Morrison County Democrat_, weekly, Cyrus D. Auyer, established 1886.

ROYALTON.

Royalton _Record_, weekly, changed name to Royalton _Banner_, A. W.

Swanson, editor, established 1884.

The first newspaper in Morrison county was the _Northern Herald_, established in Little Falls, 1856, suspended in 1858. The Little Falls _Courier_ was established later, but discontinued and the _Transcript_ took its place.

STEARNS COUNTY--MELROSE AND SAUK CENTRE.

_Herald and Record_, weekly, C. F. Hendryx, established 1867.

SAUK CENTRE.

_Democrat_, weekly, Barnum and Henshaw, established 1885.

_Tribune_, weekly, W. C. Brower, established 1873.

ST. CLOUD.

_Der Nordstern_ (German), weekly, Rosenberger & Remer, established 1874.

_Journal-Press_, weekly; W. Mitch.e.l.l, established 1857.

_Times_, weekly, C. F. MeDonald, established 1861.

The first paper in St. Cloud, and in Stearns county, was styled the _Minnesota Advertiser_. The first number appeared Jan. 1, 1857, H.

Cowles, editor, and James Mowatt, publisher. Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm succeeded to the proprietors.h.i.+p in December, 1857, and changed the name to the St. Cloud _Visitor_, and edited it till the destruction of her press and material by a mob, March 24, 1858. The paper reappeared under new auspices and with the name changed to the _Democrat_. In 1866 W. B. Mitch.e.l.l changed the name to the _Journal_. In 1876 he purchased the _Press_ and consolidated it under the name of _Journal-Press_.

The St. Cloud _Union_ was established in 1861, by C. C. Andrews, afterward a general in the Union Army and minister to Sweden and Norway. In 1862 Mr. Wood purchased the paper, but sold it in 1863 to Spafford & Simonton, who sold it in 1864 to R. C. Moore, who published it as the St. Cloud _Times_. In 1875 it was purchased by the present owner, C. F. McDonald.

The _Nordstern_ was originally established by Peter E. Kaiser and Peter Brieke and has now a circulation of 25,000 copies.

SHERBURNE COUNTY--ELK RIVER.

_Sherburne County Star News_, weekly, A. N. Dare, established 1875.

A. J. Clark started the Sherburne _Weekly_ in 1867, and published it one year, when John W. Thompson started the Elk River _News_. The _Sherburne County Star_ was established in 1875, and consolidated with the _News_ in 1861.

ISANTI COUNTY--CAMBRIDGE.

_Isanti County Press_, weekly, C. W. Van Wormer, established 1874.

BENTON COUNTY.

Watab _Reveille_, weekly, J. W. Chasanack, editor, established 1850.

_Free Press_, weekly, A. De Lacy Wood, established 1885.

In 1854 Jeremiah Russell and George W. Benedict started the Sauk Rapids _Frontiersman_, and continued the publication three years, when the _New Era_ made its appearance, published by W. H. Wood a.s.sisted by G. W. Benedict. The _Era_ was afterward merged in the St. Cloud _Times_. In 1868 G. W. Benedict established the Sauk River _Sentinel_ which, with a few changes, has continued to the present time.

ANOKA COUNTY--ANOKA.

_Anoka County Union_, weekly, Granville S. Pease, established 1865.

_Anoka County Herald_, weekly, Alvah Eastman, established. 1865.

DAKOTA COUNTY--FARMINGTON.

_Dakota County Tribune_, weekly, C. P. Carpenter, established 1884.

Hastings _News_, daily, D. F. Chamberlain, established 1881.

Hastings _Banner_, weekly, E. D. Barker, established 1865.

Hastings _Gazette_, weekly, Irving Todd, established 1857.

Hastings _Bugle Call_, monthly, Chamberlain & Smith, established 1886.

GOODHUE COUNTY--CANNON RIVER FALLS.

_Beacon_, weekly, S. S. Lewis, established 1876.

KENYON.

_Leader_, weekly, U. Curtis, established 1885.