Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1892-05-19
Some Early Newspaper History.

1t may not be anisS at the present
time to post some Of the newer citizens
| of the state as to some of the facts in
regard to Yankton's first newspaper,
the oldest newspaper in the state. The
following article is taken from sup
piement to the Press and Dakotaian
printed early in the summer Of 1874:
FIRST PAPER OF YANKTON.
The Weekly Dakotian issued its first
number June6, 1851, amid the fearfully
exciting days of the outbreak of the
war. 1t was published by the Dakoti-
an Printing Company. the members Of
the company being Gen. j. b. S. Todd,
F. M. Ziebach and VIM. Frenzy. In
February, 1862, the paper became the
property of Mr.. Ziebach, who subse-
quently sold a half interest to j.. G.
Trask, the first public printer OF the
territory. In the summer Of that year
Mr.. Trask sold hisinterest to George w.
Kingsbury, and the paper was published
by Nessrs. Kingsbury & Ziebach until
May, 1863, when the establishment was
sold to DR.. W. Burleigh, Mr.. Kings
bury remaining as editor and manager
till May 81, 1864, when severed his con-
nection with the Dakotlan and estab-
lished new paper called the Dakota
Union. while Albert Gore succeeded
him as editor of the Dakotian, having
been connected with it since December,
1868. This arrangement continued till
the consolidation of the two papers, in
November, 1864.
THE WEEKLY DAKOTA UNION
was commenced June 81, 1864, being
owned by Geo. w. Kingsbury and edit
ed by himself and M. X. Armstrong.
1t continued thus till Nov. 10, 1864,
when a consolidation occurred, result
ing in
THE UNION AND DAKOTAIAN
with Geo. w. Kingsbury publisher and
M. K. Armstrong editor. The latter
name disappeared Jan. ii. 1865, after
which Mr.. X. continued as editor and
proprietor till Sept. 4, 1869, when he
quilted the paper and sold it to G. H.
McIntire and J.S. Foster. The issue
of April Z, 1870 bore the names OF McIn-
tire, Foster & Linn as proprietors and
Arthur Linn as editor. The next ISSUE
showed Mr. Linn both editor and pre-
prietor. which arrangement continued
unchanged tor three years and seven
months. It was terminated by the late
consolidation Of Nov. 13, 1873, by
which COL E. NJ. Brown succeeded to
the interest previously held by Mr..
Linn.
THE YANKTON PRESS
Was established by company con-
sisting G. W.Kingsbury, j. NJ. Stone,
Geo. II. Hand, E. D. Barker, w. w.
Brookiags, John Heron, &. e. Moody,
G. H. McIntire, j. X. Hansen, NJ. u.
Hoyt and perhaps other not now recall
ed to mind. The company purchased
and introduced the first power presses
ever used in the Territory. The first
copy was issued Aug. 10, 1870, by Geo.
H. Hand, editor, who retained editorial |
management till Nov. 2, 1870, when
Geo. w. Kingsbury and j. NJ. Stone
purchased the interest Of tho other |
stock holders. It was owned by Stone
& Kingsbury and edited by Mr.. Kings
bury alone, till July, 1873, when Mr..
Stone sold his interest to S. V. eleven
ger, making the firm name Kingsbury |
& Clevenger until Nov. 15, 1873, when
by general agreement there was con-
solidation of the names, good will, ma
terial and subscription lists OF the two
opposing republican journals, with
Brown, Kingsbury and Clevenger as
equal partners. Three months later,
Mr. X. sold his interest to Mr.. eleven
ger, and on the 18th of May, 1874, VIM.
P. Dewey purchased two thirds interest
and formed the present firm of Dewey
& Clevenger.
[Of the above named parties, j. B. S.
Todd, j. S. Foster, j. NJ. Stone and Geo.
III. Hand have crossed the dark river;
F. NJ. Ziebach, VIM. Frenzy, Geo. w.
Kingsbu1y, W. A. Burleigh. j. r. Han
son and VIM. z. Dewey reside in Yank- i
ton; M. K Armstrong lives at st.
James, Mimi; G. H. McIntire is in
Denver; Arthur Linn is editor Of the
Farmers Leader at Canton, S. D.; Col.
E. NJ. Brown Gather of the editor OF
the Herald) is now living in St. Paul,
Mimi; w. W. Brookings makes his
home in Boston. Mass; G. G. Moody re-
sides at Deadwood, S. d.; M. U. Hoyt
lives in Cedar Co., Neb.; S. V. eleven
ger is resident of Chicago, AS to the
residence of Messrs. Trask, Gore, Bark
er and Heron. if living, we are igno-
rant, and respectfully submit this to
Bro. Kingsbury. of the Press and Da-
kotan for additional information. Ed.
HERALD.