Newspaper List

Following is a listing of territorial Kansas newspapers, published between 15 Sept 1854 and 29 Jan 1861, available in the collections of the Library/Archives Division of the Kansas State Historical Society and the Kansas City Kansas Community College. This bibliography is based on information compiled by the librarians of the Kansas State Historical Society and on Herbert Flint's thesis, "Journalism in territorial Kansas" [submitted to the University of Kansas, 1916], available in the KSHS library [call number KL / 070.9 / F64].

Americus (Lyon County)

Americus Sentinel Extra

Atchison (Atchison County)

Atchison Union

Weekly Bulletin

Freedom's Champion

Squatter Sovereign

Auburn (Shawnee County)

Auburn Docket

Baldwin City (Douglas County)

Kansas Messenger

Burlington (Coffey County)

Neosho Valley Register

Cottonwood Falls (Chase County)

Kansas Press

Council Grove (Morris County)

Council Grove Press

Kansas Press

Delaware (Douglas County)

Kansas Free State

Doniphan (Doniphan County)

Kansas Crusader of Freedom

Kansas Constitutionalist

Elwood (Doniphan County)

Elwood Advertiser

Kansas Weekly Press

Elwood Weekly Press

Elwood Free Press

Emporia (Lyon County)

Emporia News

Kanzas/Kansas News

Fort Scott (Bourbon County)

Fort Scott Democrat

Geary City (Doniphan County)

Geary City Era

Grasshopper Falls (Jefferson County)

Grasshopper (1st)

Grasshopper Falls Gazette

Jefferson Crescent

Highland (Doniphan County)

Weekly Highlander

Iowa Point (Doniphan County)

Iowa Point Weekly Enquirer

Junction City (Davis [now Geary] County)

Junction City Statesmen

Junction Sentinel

Kansas Statesman

Kickapoo City (Leavenworth County)

Kansas Pioneer

Lawrence (Douglas County)

Daily Lawrence Republican

Herald of Freedom

Kansas Tribune [Weekly]

Kansas Daily Tribune

Kansas Free State

Lawrence Republican

Leavenworth (Leavenworth County)

Daily Evening Journal

Daily Times

Daily Leavenworth Herald

Kansas Territorial Register

Kansas Weekly Herald

Kansas Daily State Register

Kansas Zeitung

Kansas Daily Ledger

L'estafette du Kansas

Leavenworth Times [Daily]

The Conservative [Daily]

The Conservative [Weekly]

Leavenworth Dollar Dispatch

Weekly Leavenworth Journal

Leavenworth Journal

Leavenworth Weekly Journal

see Kansas Weekly Herald

Leavenworth Weekly Herald

Leavenworth Weekly Times

Leavenworth Zeitung

Weekly Ledger

Young America

Lecompton (Douglas County)

Kansas National Democrat

Lecompton Union

Manhattan (Riley County)

Kansas Express

Manhattan Express

Western Kansas Express

Minneola (Franklin County)

Kansas Leader

Mound City (Linn County)

Mound City Report

Olathe (Johnson County)

Olathe Herald

Osawatomie (Miami County)

Southern Kansas Herald

Oskaloosa (Jefferson County)

Independent

Palermo (Doniphan County)

Palermo Leader

Palmetto (Marshall County)

Palmetto Kansan

Prairie City (Douglas County)

Freedom's Champion

Quindaro (Wyandotte County)

Kansas Tribune

Quindaro Chindowan

Sumner (Atchison County)

Sumner Daily Gazette

Sumner Gazette

Tecumseh (Shawnee County)

Kansas Settler

Tecumseh Note Book

Topeka (Shawnee County)

Daily Kansas Freeman

Kansas Freeman

Kansas State Record

Topeka Tribune (1st)

Troy (Doniphan County)

Doniphan County Dispatch

White Cloud (Doniphan County)

White Cloud Kansas Chief

Wyandotte (Wyandotte County)

Commercial Gazette

Western Argus

Wyandott Citizen

Wyandott City Register

Boston Liberator