E. C. Huntington, in 1871, started the Windom Reporter, the first newspaper in the county. He operated it until 1908, when he sold it to the Warren brothers.
July 1872, Volume 1, Number 1 of Cross and Crown, a "monthly paper devoted to the advancement of higher education and the interests of Jesus College." The four pages include articles on the two earliest church bells in St. Paul, the origin and object of Jesus College, and the announcement for the 1872 academic year. It includes an image of the College's building at St. Anthony Falls.
This newspaper was published the day of the attempted robbery of the First National Bank of Northfield. It contains a firsthand account of the raid as well as other news of that day.
Outside front view of The Detroit Record in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The old courthouse can be seen to the right.
H. J. Essler, at left, and future Governor John A. Johnson are shown in the upstairs office of the St. Peter Herald newspaper. The site was in a building located on the southwest corner of the intersection of South Minnesota Avenue and Nassau Street in St. Peter.
Image of a group of men and children standing on a wooden sidewalk outside of the Iron Port Printing Shop. Second floor contains apartments for the proprietor and his family. The Iron Port was the official paper of Two Harbors and Lake County. Founded by James Coggswell, the newspaper was first published July 11th, 1890.
Interior view of a large printing press, 3 workers work at a table assembling blocks for printer. Electric lights hang above the press, various broadsides displayed on the wall behind the workers.
Interior view of the office of the St. Peter Herald newspaper. The office shown was located upstairs in a building at the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau street in St. Peter. H. J. Essler and Arthur Olson are two of the men in the photograph.
Business district at the NW corner of River and St. Paul Streets, Preston, Business district located east of the Fillmore County courthouse on St. Anthony Street, Preston, Minnesota. Buildings shown include Preston Times newspaper office, Fillmore County Bank and the Park Hotel.