Russian and Polish emigrants being vaccinated in New York (1881)...

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 14, 1881  The front cover has: "NEW YORK CITY - HEALTH OFFICERS VACCINATING RUSSIAN AND POLISH IMIGRANTS ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP 'VICTORIA,' AT QUARANTINE...", which has a related article on page 6. Two inside pages have vignettes related to the progress of technical education. Additional interesting prints include: "New York City ... See More  

General George Custer.. Black Hills' gold...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, August 31, 1874



* General George Armstrong Custer

* Black Hills gold - South Dakota expedition



The top of page 10 has one column headings that include: "THE LAND OF GOLD" "Discovery of the Precious Metal in the Back Hills" and more. (see)

Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.... See More  

Horseracing... Famed baseball player 'Cap' Anson...

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 19, 1891  The full front page is a great horse racing print:  "The End Of The Racing Season--A False Start For The Mile Race."  

Other prints include a full pg: "Devastating Prairie Fires i Dakota..."; a print of a famous baseball player: "Adrian C. Anson, Captain of the Chicago Base-Ball Club" with a related a... See More  

Cheyenne Indians on the warpath in North Dakota...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 6, 1874



* Cheyenne Indians - Native Americans

* On the warpath in North Dakota

* General George A. Custer in pursuit



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "The Reds On The Warpath" with subhead. (see)

Other news of the day. Complete with all 12 pages, very nice condition.

Indian treaty signed at Fort Rice in 1868...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 10, 1868 



* Indians - Native Americans treaty signed

* Fort Laramie - Fort Rice, Dakota Territory



Page 7 has an article with small headings: "The Indians" "Treaty with the Sioux at Fort Rice..." (see)

Other news of the day. Complete with 12 pages, nice condition.

A rare title from the Dakota Territory...

THE INTER STATE, Gary, Dakota, April 2, 1884 



* Very rare publication

* Deuel County, South Dakota



A very rare territorial newspaper from that is present-day South Dakota, five years before statehood. They refer to themselves as the "Gate City of Dakota" as it is situated at the eastern border of the Territory, very close to Minnesota. At the 2010 census the population of Gar... See More  

Mount Rushmore completed... construction ends...

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Nov. 2, 1942



* Mount Rushmore National Memorial

* Black Hills - Keystone, South Dakota

* Construction ends on mountainside



Page 5 of this section has a photo of Mount Rushmore with heading: "HEROIC HEADS" with text that begins with: "Complete at last, the gigantic heads of Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln.... See More  

Indian Troubles at Wounded Knee...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, February 7, 1891  The front cover of the issue features a full page illustration entitled "Hard Luck". Inside the issue are: half page "The Recent Indian Troubles in South Dakota"; full page "Scenes in the United States Senate During the Debate on the Fair Elections Bill"; full page "The Recent Indian Troub... See More  

Constitution Day celebrated...

Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 18, 1937 



* Mount Rushmore - Keystone, South Dakota

* Abraham Lincoln sculpture unveiled 

* Constitution Day celebrated...



This 36 page newspaper has small and somewhat discrete one column headings on page 21:  "Lincoln Head Unveiled", "5,000 See Dedication at Dakota 'Shrine of Democracy'" which is a first report on t... See More  

Gold discovered in the Black Hills...

DAILY MEMPHIS AVALANCHE, Tennessee, June 24, 1875 



* Castle Creek - South Dakota

* Black Hills gold discovery



The ftpg. has: "Gold at Black Hill" which has a dispatch beginning: "I have discovered gold in small quantities on the north bend of Castle Creek...About 15 miners have located a camp on the creek above here..." and more.

Four pages, rejoined at the spine, ... See More  

Barker-Karpis gang kidnapping release...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 9, 1934



* Barker-Karpis Gang kidnapping

* Arthur "Doc" & Fred Barker - Alvis Karpis

* Verne Sankey prison cell suicide



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "KIDNAPPERS FREE BREMER ON PAYMENT OF $200,000; WIDE MANHUNT PUSHED" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues on page 3 with two related photos. Lengthy t... See More  

Collecting newspapers... South Dakota... reference book...

"WITH A SHIRT TAIL FULL OF TYPE--The Story of Newspapering in South Dakota", by Robert F. Karolevitz (1882). Hardbound book with dust jacket, 116 pgs. Personally signed by the author.

Wilds of Dakota Territory...

EVANSVILLE DAILY JOURNAL, Evansville, Indiana, June 3, 1874



* Life in the early Dakotas



This uncommon title has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.

Page 2 has one column headings: "The Wilds Of Dakota" "Bleakness In May--Dakota Mud..." See images for text.

Complete in 8 pages, irregular along the spine, otherwise in nice condition.... See More  

Black Hills gold rush...

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Ohio, August 20, 1875



* Black Hills - Dakota Territory

* Professor Walter P. Janney



This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

Page 5 has one column headings: "Something Reliable About The Black Hills" "Skillful Miners, with a Little Capital, Can Make Fair Wages" See image for text here.

Comp... See More  

Jewish Quarter of New York...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, Sept. 21, 1889  A full page is taken up with  7 images captioned: "New York City--The Jewish Quarter on the East Side--Scenes In Ludlow Street Market" with another caption for each of the images (see). Some text as well.

A full page has nine: "Views of the City of Huron, The Probable Future Capital of the State--South Da... See More  

Custer City, South Dakota....

THE CLEVELAND LEADER, Cleveland, Ohio, February 8, 1876



* Custer, South Dakota born



This uncommon 8 page issue has news of the day with several interesting advertisements throughout.

The front page has small one column headings: "Black Hills" "Growth of Custer City--More Gold Diggings Reported--Sioux On The War Path". See image for text.

Complete, minor margin wear... See More  

Along the Colorado in Arizona...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Dec. 11, 1886  The entire front page is a print of: "Scene In Glen Canyon, on the Colorado River of the West--Photographing A Child of Nature" (see). Inside includes a full page with 9 scenes of: "Club Life in Baltimore--Interior &I Exterior Views of the Crescent Club House"; a fullpg; "Blizzard in Dakota--Caught in Snowdr... See More  

1890 Clara Barton... American Red Cross...

ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, March 13, 1890 



* Clara Barton - American Red Cross 

* North and South Dakota destitution 



Page 6 has one column headings: "DAKOTA SUFFERING", "An Authentic Statement From Miss Clara Barton" and "The President of the Red Cross Association..."



See photos for text which is signed in type: Clara Bar... See More  

Sam snead wins Masters... Marion SD church disaster...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1949



* Sam Snead wins Masters Golf Tournament

* Marion, South Dakota church explosion



This 44 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "65 Die, 50 Injured in Church Razed by Palm Sunday Blast" with related photo.



This tells of the fatal explosion of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marion, South Carolina.



Also a banner headli... See More  

Watertown, SD tornado...

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia, June 24, 1914



* Watertown, South Dakota

* Tornado disaster (early 1st report)



This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "9 PERSONS KILLED, 40 OTHERS INJURED, 3000 HOMES RUINED", "Fearful Work Is Done by a Tornado Which Swept Through Watertown, South Dakota", "All Communications Destroy... See More  

Verne Sankey captured....

THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, February 2, 1934



* Verne Sankey captured

* Boettcher kidnapping



The front page has a great banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "SIOUX FALLS GETS SANKEY" with subhead: "U.S BREAKS LAST PART OF KIDNAP GANG" which tells of the capture of Verne Sankey.



Other news, sports, and advertising of the day. Complete in 32 pag... See More  

Pierre SD flood....

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, April 11, 1952  This 10 page newspaper has a front page photo of a Pierre, South Dakota home under water with some text. (see)



Also a page 4 headline that reads: "Flood Dangers Appear Mounting In Five States of the Midwest".



Tells of the 1952 flood that was hardest hit in Pierre SD.



Other news of the day. Little margin wear, other... See More  

North Dakota blizzard of 1941...

WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, North Carolina, March 17, 1941



* North Dakota blizzard of 1941 



This 10 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "44 Perish In Windstorm In Dakota And Minnesota" with subheads. Other news of the day.



Light browning with a piece missing from the lower right area of the front page (see), otherwise good.... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 6, 1912



The front page of this issue is a photo of "A Master Journalist."



This issue has an illustration of "'The Peepul Must Rule, William.' 'Yes, Theodore--The Peepul Must Rule.' (In Chorus: 'But As We Direct.'" by Kemble. There is also a spread of "Canvases at Two Picture-Shows" and there is an arti... See More  

Woodrow Wilson.....

HARPER'S WEEKLY,  New York, November 19, 1910



There is a full color cover page on this issue. The front page of this issue is a photo of "Woodrow Wilson--The Next Governor of New Jersey."



This issue has an illustration of "The Boss Among the Bossies" by Kemble. There are photos of "Governor-Elect Woodrow Wilson and His Family" and "The Governors- E... See More