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Dubuque County Newspapers Published

Past and Present

EARLY HISTORY. (compiled by John Springer, of Iowa City)

1836, May 11 - Printing was introduced at Dubuque. The publications prior to 1842 were as follows:
1836, May 11 - The Dubuque Visitor, established at Dubuque Lead Mines, Wisconsin territory, by John King. Now published as the Dubuque Herald.
1837, June 3 - The Iowa News, at Dubuque, by Russell & Coriell.
1841, July - The Miner's Express, at Dubuque, by Avery Thomas.

Active Dubuque County Newspapers

Telegraph Herald

801 Bluff Street

Dubuque, IA 52001

(563)588-5620

Published 1901-Present

Dubuque Advertiser

2966 John F. Kennedy Rd.

Dubuque, IA 52002

(563)588-0162

Dubuque Leader

1527 Central Ave.

Dubuque, IA 52001

(563)556-6625

Dyersville Commercial

223 1st Ave. E

Dyersville, IA 52040

(563)875-7131

Cascade Pioneer

109 Adams St. SE

Cascade, IA 52033

(563)852-3217

1860 Dubuque Co., Newspaper (from Iowa Old Press):

Town	Name	Publishers	Character
Dubuque	Herald	J.B. Dorr & Co.	D
Dubuque	Times	Palmer, Gilmore & Co.	R
Dubuque	Witness	J.C. Benedict	Rel
Dubuque	N.W. Farmer	Miller & Brayton	m'thly/Agr
Dubuque	Democrat	F. Gniff'ke	Ger/D

1836 - 1880 Dubuque Co., Newspaper (from Iowa Old Press):

Publication	Frequency	Character	Est.	Notes
Herald	Daily	News & politics	1836	Morning
Herald	Weekly	News & politics	1836
Times	Daily	News & politics	1858	Morning
Times	Weekly	News & politics	1856
Dubuque National Demokrat	Weekly	News & politics	1856	German
Der Presbyterianer	Bi-weekly	Religious	1867	Presbyterian; German
Telegraph	Daily	News & politics	1870	Evening
Telegraph	Weekly	News & politics	1870
Luxemburger Gazette	Weekly	Religious	1871	Catholic; German
Die Nord Iowa Post	Weekly	News & politics	1873	German; Suspended October,1880
Iowa	Weekly	Religious	1875	Catholic; German
Iowa Normal Monthly	Monthly	Educational	1877
Our Saturday Night	Weekly	Society, art, etc	1880
Dyerville Commercial	Weekly	News & politics	1872

Historical Dubuque County Newspapers

Newspaper	Information	Published dates
Dubuque Visitor	First newspaper published in the state of Iowa	from 11 May 1936 - 24 May 1837
Iowa News	Dubuque Visitor changed its name to Iowa News	from June 1837 - 1840
Miner's Express	Iowa News Changed to 1854itd nsme to Miner;s Express	daily and weekly between 1941
Dubuque Transcript	Whig Newspaper	from 1843-1845
Dubuque Tribune	.	from Dec 1846 to Mar 1958
Iowa Staats Zeitung	Changed political philosophies from German democrat to Whig to independent	1847 to about 1854
The Democratic Telegraph	Politically a Whig publication	from 21 Sept 1848 to 1 Oct 1850 when it was absorbed by the Dubuque Tribune
The Dubuque Herald	Independent newspaper established 19 April 1851 Absorbed the Miner's Express in 1854 Also known as the Express and Herald and the Express Herald Published until October 1901 when it was merged with the Dubuque Telegrap
Iowa State Democrat	Published from the Dubuque Herald office from 1852 until 1853 when it merged with the Dubuque Herald
Dubuque Observer	Politically a Whig Publication	from 1854 to 1855
Dubuque Republican	Published from 1855 to 20 October 1857 (not published between April 1857 and June 6, 1857) Absorbed by the Dubuque Tribune
The Northwest	Published as opposition to the Dubuque Herald, which was democratic in political philosophy.	between 1856 and 1858
Staats Zeitung	Republican	from 1857 to 1873
Dubuque Times	Daily and weekly issues published	from 15 June 1857 to 1906
Dubuque National Demokrat	(German newspaper) Published from August 1857 to 1933
The Morning Sun	A continuation of The Northwest, published only a few months in 1858
Dubuque Daily Union	Published for 5 months in 1861
*Der Presbyterianer*	(German semi-monthly religious publication) Published from 1867 to unknown
Dubuque Telegraph	Published from 5 July 1870 until October 1901 when it was merged with the Dubuque Herald
*Luxemburger Gazette*	(German Newspaper)	Published from 1871-1918
Die Iowa	(German Newspaper)	Published from 5 January 1875 to sometime before World War II
Dubuque Times-Journal		Published from 1906 to 1927

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