Beaver Head ~ Dawson County Montana Newspapers, 1894
Beaver Head County
Population 2,712. Area about 4,230
square miles; surface, mountainous.. Mining: gold, silver,
copper, lead, coal. There were eleven manufacturing
establishments, of all kinds, in 1880; capital invested,
$15,400,000; value of products, $25,604,000.
Dillon, Population 1,250
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| Mont. Baptist Record |
Mont. Bapt. As'n. |
Mouth |
Religon |
1892 |
| The Rockies Magazine |
Trib. Pub. Co. |
Mouth |
Lit. & Edu. |
1891 |
| Tribune |
Tribune Pub. Co. |
Friday |
Rep. |
1880 |
Cascade County
Population 4,000. Soil is fertile, and
mining, agriculture and stock-raising are the leading
industries. Chief products: beef, wool, grain of all kinds and
vegetables. Great Falls claims the
most extensive reduction works in the United States.
Great Falls, Population 3,979
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| Farmer and Breeder |
Nolan Davis |
Mouth |
Agricul. |
1893 |
| Leader |
Leader Co |
Daily |
Rep. |
1888 |
| Leader |
Weekly Edition |
Thur. |
Rep. |
1888 |
| Montana Herold |
Herold Pub. Co. |
Thur. |
Dem. |
1892 |
| News |
Oliver M. Holmes |
Sat. |
Ind. |
1892 |
| Tribune |
Tribune Pub. Co. |
Daily |
Dem. |
1885 |
| Tribune |
Weekly Edition |
Friday |
Dem. |
1885 |
Sun River, Population
450
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| Rising Sun |
Rising Sun Pub. Co. |
Wed. |
Ind. |
1885 |
Choteau County
Population 4,000. Chief products: beef,
wool, grain of all kinds, vegetables and minerals. Stock-raising
the chief industry.
Chinook, Population 300
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| Opinion |
W. C Kester |
Thur. |
Ind. |
1890 |
Choteau, Population 400
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| The Montanian |
S. M. Corson |
Friday |
Rep. |
1890 |
Fort Benton, Population 2,250
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| River Press |
River Press Pub. Co. |
Daily |
Rep. |
1880 |
| River Press |
Weekly Edition |
Wed. |
Rep. |
1880 |
| Stockman |
River Press Pub. Co. |
Month |
Livestock |
1884 |
Custer County
Population 5,500. Location: southeast
intersected by the Yellowstone River; area about 36,500 square
miles. Natural features: surface partly mountainous; soil
fertile; fine farming, cattle and sheep country.
Miles City, Population 1,020
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| Stock Growers Journal |
Jour. Co. |
Sat. |
Livestock |
1882 |
| Yellowstone Journal |
S. Cordon |
Daily |
Rep. |
1881 |
| Yellowstone Journal |
Weekly Edition |
Sat. |
Rep. |
1878 |
Dawson County
Population 3,050. Area about 22,000
square miles. Chief industries: grazing, stock and wool-growing
and farming.
Glendive, Population 1,200
| Publication |
Proprietors |
Issued |
Politics |
Year |
| Independent |
J. R. Widmyer |
Sat. |
Ind. |
1884 |
Montana Index |
Pacific States Newspaper Index
Source: Pacific States Newspaper
Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San
Francisco, 1894
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