Kansas Newspapers of the Past

[W. Gray]

Some Kansas newspapers of the past and their location:

Little Giant, Wichita
The Trackman, Fort Scott
The Patrick Henry, South Haven
You All's Doin's, Woodston
The Little Hatchet, Clay Center
Cain City Razzooper, Cain City
The Yellow Dog, Topeka
The Conductor Punch, Conductor
Springfield Soap Box, Springfield
Tiller and Toiler, Larned
The Loco Motive, Loco
The Little Sand-Pounder, Abilene
The Sprig of Myrtle, Minneapolis
The Rose of Sharon, Sharon Springs
The Rag Baby, Kirwin
The Unmuzzled Truth, Coolidge
Bundle of Sticks, Garden City
The New Home, Sterling
The Scalping Knife, Cottonwood Falls
The Omnicrat, Wakeeney

[Diane Amberg]

The Horton Headlight from my Mom's town is quite old and still publishing. Nifty name.It came from the Rock Island Railroad  that was a big employer in the town.

[W. Gray]

The Neosho Vivifier, Neosho Rapids
Little Giant, Wichita
The Prairie Owl, Fargo Springs and later Springfield
The Bazoo, Smith Center and later Narka
The Whim-Wham, Topeka
Western Central Kansas Cowboy, Sidney
Thomas Cat, Colby
Nonchalanta Herald, Nonchalanta
Little Caisson, Burlington
Santa-Fe Trail, Santa Fe
The Western Real Estater, Norton
Monument Obelisk, Monument
The Calcium Light, Belleville [the town in Republic County rather than the town that is now Peru]
Clark County Clipper, Ashland
Ink Slingers Advertiser, Westmoreland
Grainfield Cap Sheaf, Grainfield
The Border Rover, Borders
Kansas Cowboy, Dodge City

[W. Gray]

Wilson Hawkeye
Louisville Lyre
Grigsby City Scorcher
Kearney Koyote
The Westola Sunbeam
The Future, Richland
Rocky Mountain News, Cherry Creek
Wichita Vidette
The Vox Populi, Dodge City
Prohibitionist, Neodesha
The Pottawatomie Chief, St Marys
Cullison Tomahawk
Stuart's Weekly, Independence
Long Island New Leaf
Peru Weekly Derrick
The Champion Liar, Perry
The Saline Valley Sunflower
Jetmore Weekly Scimitar
The Shaft, Osage City
Walnut Valley Standard, Rush Center
Gun Powder, Pittsburg

[W. Gray]

Weekly News, St. Paul [the town in Neosho County rather than southern Howard County]
The Kansas Sod House, Ravanna
The Indian Leader, Lawrence
Comanche Chief, Reeder
The Pence Phonograph, Pence
Lacrosse Eagle
The Claflin Carion
Gas City Gaslight
The Old Ladies Journal, Leavenworth
Frederick Flame
Field and Range, Dwight
The Quincy Quill
The Hewins Sayings
Chautauqua Springs Spy
The Iuka Hustler
Quindaro Chindowan
Sweet Chariot, Dunlap
Grit, Hanover
Greenback Headlight, Frankfort
Western Empire, Bull City
Kansas Prairie Dog, Lake City
Post Und Volksblatt, Newton
Kansas Beitung, Atchison
L'Estaffette Du Kansas, Leavenworth
The Kanzas News, Emporia

and the Siwinowe Kesibwi, or Shawnee Sun, the first newspaper published in Kansas, 1835, and the first published in the U.S. in an Indian language.