The Washburn Leader (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.)

• 1890–1922
• Newspaper

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

1,618 issues from 1890 to 1922, published in Washburn, North Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.

The Washburn Leader (Washburn, ND) began June 28, 1890. The Washburn Leader was a continuation of the Washburn Times (Washburn, ND), the first newspaper in McLean County, North Dakota.

The initial goal of the Washburn Leader in 1890 was to be “purely a business enterprise” and “to make a living for its editor.” The editor, at that time, was R. H. Copeland. The first issue also declared, “[W]e desire to announce that we shall be independent in politics and all other matters, and neutral in nothing wherein the public is concerned.” The original subscription price of this weekly newspaper was $1 per year.

One of the chief proprietors of the Leader was John Satterlund, who was also a prominent founder of the town of Washburn. Satterlund was joined at the paper in 1920 by Fred F. Jefferis, who remained until 1953, when Oliver Borlaug became editor/publisher. The publisher changed from Borlaug Publishing Co. to McLean Oliver Publishing, Inc. in 1985. Oliver Borlaug continued to serve as publisher emeritus until the final issue of the newspaper. In addition to regular coverage of local businesses and residents, the paper gave significant attention to the region’s coal mining (including the Washburn Lignite Coal Company), to the related power plant industry, to agriculture, and to town life along the Missouri River.

News related to the Missouri River can be found throughout Washburn’s history, including articles about riverboat voyages in early years, ice jams and floods,…

Genres

News

Published in

Washburn, North Dakota, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

Rights

The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

Credit

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

Who can read it

Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)

Archive

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