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 Publishing 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 proprietorship 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.