Many of the newspapers founded in the area that is now the state of Minnesota became Defunct newspapers of Minnesota when they ceased to be published for a variety of reasons. The earliest known newspaper, The Minnesota Weekly Democrat, was founded while the area was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. According to records of the Library of Congress, there have been throughout its history almost 4,000 newspaper titles in the current area of the state of Minnesota, which was founded in 1858. These include newspapers in English, German, Swedish, Russian and other languages, as well as Native American newspapers. There were approximately 500 newspapers in Minnesota at the beginning of 2020.[1]
Defunct newspapers
editThe following are some of the notable defunct newspapers:
| City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks |
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| St. Paul | Western Appeal (also The Appeal) | 1885 | 1923 | Weekly |
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| Minneapolis | Svenska Amerikanska Posten (Swedish American Press) | 1885 | 1940 | Weekly |
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| Minneapolis | Folkebladet (People Magazine) | 1877 | 1952 | Monthly |
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| St. Paul | Minnesota Weekly Democrat | 1803 (Oct) | 1850 (after) | Weekly | ||
| Red Lake | Red Lake News | 1912 | 1921 | Monthly |
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| Minneapolis | Echo de l'Ouest (Echo of the West) | 1883 | 1929 | Weekly |
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| New Ulm | Der fortschritt (Progress) | 1891 | 1915 | Weekly | ||
| Minneapolis | Minneapolis Evening Journal | 1878 | 1939 |
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| Minneapolis | Minneapolis Star | 1887 | 1887 | Daily (except Sun.) |
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| Winona | Katolik (Catholic) | 1893 | 1895 | Weekly |
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| Minneapolis | Minneapolis-Tidende (Minneapolis Times) | 1895 | 1935 | Weekly |
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| New Ulm | New Ulm Post | 1864 | 1933 | Weekly | ||
| Red Wing | Minnesota Posten | 1857 | 1858 | Twice monthly |
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| St. Paul | Northwest Commercial Bulletin | 1919 | Weekly |
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| St. Cloud | Der Nordstern (The North Star) | 1874 | 1931 | Weekly | ||
| White Earth | The Tomahawk | 1903 | 192? | Weekly |
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| White Earth | The Progress | 1886 | 1889 | Weekly |
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| St. Paul | Minnesota Staats-Zeitung (Minnesota German Newspaper) | 1858 | 1877 | Weekly | ||
| St. Paul | Saint Paul Dispatch | 1868 | 1985 | Daily |
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| St. Paul | Twin City Commercial Bulletin[6] | 1919 | Weekly |
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| Minneota | Vinland | 1902 | 1908 | Monthly |
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| Winona | Wiarus (Veteran Defender) | 1895 | 1919 | Semi-weekly |
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| St. Paul, Minnesota Territory | Minnesota Pioneer | 1849 | 1855 | Daily |
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| Girard, Kansas, Minneapolis | Gaa Paa! (Go on!) | 1903 | 1918 | Weekly | ||
| Minneapolis | Hundred Flowers | 1970 | 1972 | Weekly | ||
| Duluth | Industrialisti | 1917 | 1975 | Weekly | ||
| Duluth | The Duluth Ripsaw | 1917 | 1926 | Bi-weekly |
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| Minneapolis | The Saturday Press | 1927 | 1936 | Weekly |
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| Minneapolis | Twin Cities Reader | 1977 | 1997 | Weekly |
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| Minneapolis | City Pages | 1979 | 2020 | Weekly |
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Selected defunct newspaper covers
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Gaa paa!, 1917 -
Der Nordstern, 1918 -
Svenska Amerikanska Posten, 1903 -
Western Appeal, June 13, 1885
References
edit- ^ "Search for Minnesota newspapers". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ Huber, Molly. "Western Appeal". MNopedia. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Svenska Amerikanska Posten". MNOpedia. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "Minnesota Weekly Democrat". Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- ^ "About Minnesota weekly Democrat. (St. Paul [Minn.]) 1803-18??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on January 25, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Bulletin of the New York Public Library. New York Public Library. 1919. p. 716.
- Carroll, Jane Lamm Carroll. "Good time eh, Minnesota Territorial newspapers" (PDF). Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved February 6, 2020.