CHISAGO COUNTY.
Taylor's Falls Reporter, F. H. Pratt, established February, 1860; in 1862 the name was changed to Taylor's Falls Monitor; in 1883 the name was again changed to Taylor's Falls Journal; present editor, Ed. H. Folsom.
Rush City Pos., Hial P. Robie, established in 1875.
Chisago County Times, Taylor's Falls, Rowe & Walker, established April 19, 1888.
PINE COUNTY—PINE CITY.
Pine County Pioneer, weekly, Ed. C. Gottry, established 1885.
CARLTON COUNTY—CLOQUET.
Pine Knot, weekly, Dr. H. B. Allen, established 1884.
Industrial Vidette, established 1887.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY—DULUTH.
Tribune, weekly and daily, R. C. Mitchell, established 1881.
Lake Superior News, weekly, Wm. S. Woodbridge, established 1878.
Duluth Daily News, established 1885.
Duluth Skandinav, Wesenbergad Hurst, established 1887.
Paragrapher, established 1887.
Volksfreund, Dworsehak & Son, established 1886.
Evening Journal, established 1887.
TOWER.
Tower Press, C. T. Bingham, established 1885.
TWO HARBORS.
Iron Post, A. De Lacy Wood, established 1887.
AITKIN COUNTY—AITKIN.
Aitkin Age, weekly, E. F. Barrett, established 1883.
CROW WING COUNTY—BRAINERD.
Brainerd Dispatch, weekly, Ingersoll & Willard, established 1881.
Brainerd Journal, weekly, H. C. Stivers, established 1882.
Northwestern Tribune, weekly, Halsted & Pennell, 1872.
The News, daily, established 1887.
KANABEC COUNTY—MORA.
Mora Times, weekly, R. W. Safford, established 1882.
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. Mitchell, 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. Mitchell 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.