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.