Dodgeville Chronicle (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-Current
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686 issues from 1862 to 1876, published in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, digitised for Chronicling America.
The first issue of the Dodgeville [Wisconsin] Chronicle was published on September 18, 1862.Editor John Cowan, who had run the preceding publication, the Iowa County Advocate, published since1858, planned to ring in a new era with the weekly. The previous year, Dodgeville had assumed the role as county seat, and the Dodgeville Chronicle was meant to bring news to all residents of Iowa County. Servicing the surrounding towns and villages of Mineral Point, Linden, Highland, Barneveld, Cobb, Rewey, Mifflin, and Arena, the Chronicle also featured news from these communities, which were usually printed on page four.
Dodgeville is one of the oldest existing towns in the state of Wisconsin and emerged as a mining settlement in 1827. The lead mining industry drew in growing numbers of miners, initially causing the rapid growth of the city. The boom, however, did not last, and the residents had to find alternative industries to live off when the profits declined in the 1940s. Already by the time the Chronicle was launched in 1862, the surrounding area had predominantly turned to agriculture.
During its early years, the newspaper primarily focused on the Civil War and other national news, which was extensively covered on the first page. Despite the politically turbulent times, the Chronicle initially claimed to be “Neutral in Politics – Fair Play for all.” As the war carried on, however, the Chronicle became “A Republican and Family Newspaper – Devoted to the Interests of the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Dodgeville, Wisconsin, 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
- Library of Congress