This project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and based at the South Dakota State Archives in Pierre, SD

Lost Newspapers of South Dakota

The South Dakota State Historical Society began preserving newspapers on microfilm in the late 1940s.While Historical Society efforts to find old newspapers have been extensive and ongoing, issues for some titles have never been found. How do we know they existed? From local history books and mentions in preserved newspapers. Following is a county-by-county list of South Dakota's lost newspapers. More names will be added as they are discovered.

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Bundled newspapers at the old Historical Society building in Pierre.
Photo from South Dakota State Archives.

South Dakota's Lost Newspapers

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Help Us Preserve the South Dakota Story

Contact us if you know of unique collections of South Dakota newspapers held by individuals, publishers or institutions. The e-mail address is: archref@state.sd.us

You can also write the project at:

South Dakota Newspaper Project
State Historical Society
900 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2217

Or call: (605) 773-3804

This couple put out The Caton Advertiser in Meade County, possibly at the turn of the century. The federal government required homesteaders to advertise their intention to secure title to land in such "final-proof" newspapers. Photograph from South Dakota State Archives.

South Dakota Newspaper Project Links to Other State Newspaper Projects

SD State Archives,  605-773-3804, fax 605-773-6041; email archref@state.sd.us