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Newspapers were an important source of information for the settlers of the American west, and the state of Montana was no exception. The first newspaper in the...
West Virginia’s first-ever newspaper appeared in 1790, with the founding of the Potowmac Guardian & Berkeley Advertiser in Shepherdstown. Updated February 2020 1. Charleston Gazette-Mail Founded in...
Even though the Santa Fe New Mexican stakes a claim as being the oldest newspaper in the west, it was a newspaper called La Verdad that was...
Although there are still some very old newspapers still in circulation in North Carolina, the first-ever newspaper in the state was the North Carolina Gazette, which originally...
The first newspaper in North Dakota was started by two American Civil War soldiers stationed at Fort Union, entitled the Frontier Scout, during the height of the...
The first newspaper in Ohio’s history, the Scioto Gazette, appeared in 1801 (two years before Ohio gained U.S. statehood) and ceased publication just two years later. Updated...
Michigan’s first newspaper, entitled The Michigan Essay: or the Impartial Observer, was founded in 1809. Michigan’s second-ever newspaper, the Detroit Gazette, appeared in 1817 and was published...
The first newspaper in Missouri, the St. Louis Gazette, appeared in 1808 and went through several name changes before ceasing publication as the Missouri Republican in 1869....
The first newspaper ever published in Louisiana, the Courrier de la Louisiane, was founded in 1807 and ceased publication just before the American Civil War, in 1860....
Kentucky’s first-ever newspaper (and first in the U.S. west of the Allegheny Mountains) was founded in 1787 as the Kentucke Gazette and still publishes every other Wednesday....
Idaho currently plays host to several weekly newspapers and a dozen daily newspapers, including the Idaho Statesman, which has been published continuously since 1864. Updated February 2020...
Indiana has played host to several daily and weekly newspapers since its founding, with the first being the Indiana Gazette, which was founded in 1804 (but closed...