Brown County South Dakota Genealogy And Local History

BROWN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA
GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY

Newspapers

There have been more than fifty different newspapers published in Brown County from the 1880s to the present. The title, date of publication, and availability for each known title is provided in the following table. The data on these newspapers has been extracted from Newspapers in Microform, the Aberdeen Area Genealogical Society's Tree Climber, and other sources.

Following the table is a list of newspaper repositories from which microforms/microfilm of the indicated titles may be obtained. For entries marked N/A in the availability column, no issues are known to exist in the possession of any historical society or archives. Any corrections or additions would be appreciated.

Title	Place of Publication	Frequency	Dates of Publication	Issue Availablity (Source)
Aberdeen American Merged with Aberdeen Daily News to form Aberdeen American–News in 1940. Title varies: Aberdeen Morning American.	Aberdeen	daily	7 Jun 1906–18 Jun 1940	1906–Apr 1925 (SDHS) 1906–1940 (DMS) 15 Nov 1927–1940 (LOC)
Aberdeen American-News Combined Sunday editions of Aberdeen American and Aberdeen Daily News	Aberdeen	weekly	1919–1940?	Unknown
Aberdeen American-News Supersedes Aberdeen Daily News and Aberdeen American	Aberdeen	daily	25 Jun 1940–?	6 Sep 1942–? (SDHS) 1940–? (DMS) 1940–? (DLC)
Aberdeen Daily News Title varies: Aberdeen News, (Aberdeen Evening News?). Merged with Aberdeen American to form Aberdeen American–News	Aberdeen	daily	1885–Jun 1940	Feb 1885–Jun 1928 (SDU) 26 Nov 1886–1899 (DMS) 10 Oct 1895–1940 (SDHS) 26 Nov 1886–1899 (ACM)
Aberdeen Democrat Previously the Aberdeen Republican	Aberdeen		1898–?
Aberdeen Pioneer Continued by the Aberdeen Republican	Aberdeen		4 Aug 1881–
Aberdeen Republican Originally the Aberdeen Pioneer, continued by the Aberdeen Democrat	Aberdeen		?–1898
Aberdeen Sun Weekly News Originally published in Warner as, the Warner Sun.	Aberdeen		1883–31 Jul 1891	N/A
Aberdeen Weekly American Title varies: American	Aberdeen	weekly	1904–1917	14 Jan 1904–4 Jan 1917 (SDHS)
Aberdeen Weekly News Title varies: Weekly News	Aberdeen	weekly	1885–1922	13 Feb 1885–4 Feb 1888; 28 Mar 1890–Mar 1922 (DMS) 28 Mar 1890–1 Apr 1897; 21 Apr 1904–Mar 1922 (SDHS) 13 Feb 1885–4 Feb 1888; 28 Mar 1890–4 Jan 1900 (ACM)
The Bath Herald				N/A
Brown County Journal (& Houghton News?) Continued by Hecla Journal	Hecla	weekly	1913–1922	N/A
Brown County News	Frederick	weekly	1930–	20 Jun 1930– (SDHS)
Brown County Sentinel	Columbia		1882?
Claremont New Era
Claremont Record	Claremont	weekly	1909?	?
Claremont Tribune (published in Claremont)		weekly	1902–1905	22 Oct 1903–9 Mar 1905 (SDHS)
Dakota Farmer	Aberdeen	semimonthly	1881–	Mar 1884–15 Dec 1905 (DMS) Mar 1884–15 Dec 1905 (NDU) Mar 1884–Jul 1967 (SDHS)
Dakota Free Press	Aberdeen	weekly	1930?–1936?	Jul 1930–Nov 1935 (SDHS)
Dakota Freie Presse Published in German. Originally published in Yankton from 1874–May 1909.	Aberdeen	weekly	Jun 1909–1925	1909–19 Sep 1916 (MCP) 1909–19 Sep 1916 (NEHS) 1909–17 Feb 1925 (SDHS) 1909–1925 (SDU)
Dakota Pioneer Continued by Saturday Pioneer.	Aberdeen	weekly	5 Aug 1881–1890?	9 Aug 1883–14 Jun 1888 (SDHS) 9 Aug 1883–14 Jun 1888 (SDU) 9 Aug 1883–14 Jun 1999 (ACM)
Dakota Ruralist Originally published in East Pierre, this paper moved to Aberdeen in 1888, though from 1890 to 1896 it was published in Huron.	Aberdeen	weekly	1887–1904	Sep 1888–Sep 1889; Jan 1891–1895 (NDU) 1888–1889; 1891–1895 (SDU)
Dakota Valley Tribune Moved to Columbia and merged with the Dispatch in 1884.	Ordway		1883–1884
Democrat Continues State Democrat.	Aberdeen	weekly	1903?–1909?	1903–Aug 1907 (SDHS)
Dispatch Merged with the Dakota Valley Tribune in 1884.	Columbia	weekly?	May 1883	?
The Exponent			1902–18 Sep 1920	N/A
Frederick Free Press	Frederick	weekly	1882–1930?	25 May 1882–Jun 1930 (SDHS)
Frederick Mirror
Free Press	Detroit
The Gazette	Groton			N/A
Great West and Aberdeen Star	Aberdeen	weekly	1893?–1894	18 Jan 1894–2 Feb 1894 (MNHS)
Groton Advocate Consolidation of Groton Mirror and News.	Groton		1 Apr 1882–
Groton Independent	Groton	weekly	1881–	9 May 1881–Dec 1881; 1884–(SDHS)
Groton Mirror	Groton		9 Sep 1881–?
Groton News	Groton		7 Sep 1881–?
Hecla Independent
Hecla Journal Continues Brown County Journal.	Hecla	weekly	1922–1957?	22 Jul 1922–22 Aug 1957 (SDHS)
Hecla Standard	Hecla	weekly	1893–1915	8 Oct 1903–13 May 1915 (SDHS)
Hecla Times				N/A
James Valley Post	Bath			N/A
Journal Broadcast Published for free distribution by the Northwest Journal.	Aberdeen	weekly	1936?–1947?	10 Jul 1936–Jun 1937; 10 Feb 1939–Nov 1939 (SDHS)
The Leader	Groton			N/A
New Deutsche Press Published in German.			1909?–1911?	?
Northwest Journal See also Journal Broadcast.	Aberdeen	weekly	1935–1947?	26 Jun 1936–1940 (SDHS)
North-west Square Deal	Aberdeen	daily	1920–1921	17 Mar 1920–24 Mar 1921 (SDHS)
Northwest Square Deal	Aberdeen	semiweekly	1937?–1938?	7 Oct 1937–13 Oct 1938 (SDHS)
Ordway Times	Ordway		Aug 1881–1883
Putney Messenger				N/A
Saturday Pioneer Continues Dakota Pioneer.	Aberdeen	weekly	1889?–1890	N/A
South Dakota Evangelical		monthly	1922?–1930?	?
South Dakota Wheat Growers			1923–1962	?
South Dakota Workman	Elkton (1908–1910) Aberdeen	monthly	1891–1910	Feb 1905–1907 (SDHS)
The Star
State Democrat Continued by Democrat.	Aberdeen	weekly	1890–1902?	19 Aug 1989–1902 (SDHS)
Verdon Times				N/A
Warner Weekly Sun (published in Warner)	Warner	weekly	1883–1890	18 Aug 1883–24 Aug 1888 (SDHS)
Westport Watchman				N/A

Newspaper Repositories

The newspapers listed above are available from the repository indicated below. Not all repositories will loan their microfilm copies, and not all may be available. Please contact the relevant institution for more information on obtaining copies of newspapers in which you are interested.

SDHS SD Historical Society & State Archives 900 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501–2217 Ph: (605) 773–3804 Fax: (605) 773–6041		ACM Amon Carter Museum of Western Art 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd Fort Worth, TX 76107 Ph: (817) 738–1933
LOC U.S. Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave. SE # 608 Washington, DC 20003 Ph: (202) 707–5000		SDU University of South Dakota 414 E Clark St. Vermillion, SD 57069 Ph: (605) 677–5011
MCP Microfilm Center, Inc. 2043 Proctor St. Dallas, TX 75235		NDU University of North Dakota 314 Cambridge St. Grand Forks, ND 58203 Ph: (701) 777–3664
NEHS Nebraska State Historical Society PO Box 82554 Lincoln, NE 68501 Ph: (402) 471–4785		MNHS Minnesota Historical Society 240 Summit Ave. St Paul, MN 55102 Ph: (612) 297–2555
		DMS Facility and current address unknown