Fifty Years In The Northwest / With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes

by William H. C. Folsom

NEWSPAPERS IN WISCONSIN.

PIERCE COUNTY—ELLSWORTH.

Pierce County Herald, weekly, Case & Doolittle, established 1868.

Ariel, weekly, John M. Pryse, established 1884.

Pierce County Plaindealer, weekly, E. H. Ives, established 1874.

RIVER FALLS.

Journal, weekly, S. B. Merrick. W. S. Fowler, established 1874.

The first paper named in Prescott was the Paraclete, published by C. E. Young, Feb. 14, 1854. The name was changed in 1855 to the Transcript. In 1857 the Northwestern Democrat was issued by Lusk, Wise & Bailey. In 1861 Lute A. Taylor moved the River Falls Journal to Prescott, changing the name to Prescott Journal. In 1868 Flint & Webber purchased the Journal. In 1872, after the fire, the River Falls Journal was revived at River Falls by A. Morse; the office and material were burned. In 1873 M. B. Kimball issued the Prescott Clarion and changed the name to Pierce County Plaindealer. In 1876 E. H. Ives became editor and proprietor.

ST. CROIX COUNTY—BALDWIN.

Bulletin, weekly, Ferd. Peachman, established 1879.