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Early Newspapers of Montana
The following data is extracted from Bancroft Works, Volume 31, History Of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1845-1889, Hubert H. Bancroft, 1890. The History Company, Publishers, San Francisco..
I have noted the establishment from time to time of political and news journals, with the date of their origin and politics. The following were before; published in 1884:
d=daily, w=weekly, rep=Republican, m=monthly, q=quarterly, dem=democrat, ind=independent
Lewis and Clarke County
Helena, Herald. d. and, rep., 1866
Independent d. and w., dem., 1871
Montana Argus, w.
German, 1883
Stock and Mining Journal, m., 1884
Christian Advocate, m., 1882
Montana Baptist, q., 1884
Montanian, d., local, 1884
Sun River
The Sun, ind., 1884.
Silver Bow County
Butte, Miner, d. and semi-w., dem.;
Intermountain, d. and semi-w., rep., 1881.
Yellowstone County
Billings
Post, w., rep., 1882
Herald, w., dem., 1882
Rustler, d., local, 1884
Gallatin County
Bozeman
Avant-Courier, w., ind., 1871
Chronicle, w., n., 1883
Livingston
Enterprise, w., ind. dem., 1883
Custer County
Miles City,
Yellowstone Journal, d. and w., rep., 1879
Stock-grower's Journal, 1884
Dawson County
Glendive
Times, w., local, 1881
Independent, local, 1884.
Missoula County
Missoula
Missoulian, w., ind., 1873; w., rep., 1883
Madison County
Virginia City, Madisonian, w., n., 1873
Montana Churchman, m., 1883
Deer Lodge County
Deer Lodge
New Northwest, w., ind. rep., 1809
Beaverhead County
Dillon, ??ltune, w., local, 1881
Choteau County
Fort Benton
River Press, d. 1 w., rep., 1880
Record, w., dem., 1881
Meagher County
Maiden, Journal Argus, w., 1883
Townsend
Tranchant, w., local, 1883
White Sulphur Springs,
Rocky Mountain Husbandman, w., 1875
Then there were:
Pick and Plow, Bozeman, 1871
Times, Bozeman
Frontier Index, Butte City; Atlantic, Glendale
Bad Lands Cowboy, Medora
Frontier Index, Thompson Falls
Source: Bancroft Works, Volume 31, History Of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, 1845-1889, Hubert H. Bancroft, 1890. The History Company, Publishers, San Francisco.
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