The Dickinson Press (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,706 issues from 1883 to 1917, published in Dickinson, North Dakota, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Dickinson Press is the official county newspaper of Stark County, North Dakota. It began March 31, 1883, in Dickinson, Dakota Territory, one year after the town site was originally platted. The Dickinson Press started as a weekly newspaper, publishing every Saturday.
Its first publisher was Joseph T. Scott, working in partnership with W.W. Mabee. The promise of this newly formed newspaper was intended “for the best interests of its patrons, the glory of Dickinson and $2.50 per year.” The Dickinson Press “cannot be bought, frightened or used as a hack, but will try and give every person their just dues, always remembering that a citizen of Dickinson or Stark County is better than anybody else.”
Early issues included plats of the town, advertisements, and articles highlighting the advantages of obtaining government land and moving “out west.” Extensive coverage was given to news and promotion of the Northern Pacific, a reflection of the integral role the railroad served in the town’s formation. Earlier issues also reported on the activity associated with the setting up and growth of Dickinson, its government and leadership, and news about the formation of surrounding towns and counties. Finally, the Dickinson Press also included farming and ranching news, short stories, and reprints of articles from other newspapers.
Myron L. Ayers as assumed the role of publisher in 1890 and the newspaper grew in length and also in local coverage. The short stories and reprints were…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Dickinson, 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
- Library of Congress