Abilene reflector
Creator: Strother, Berzelius Leslie
Date: September 6, 1883-April 26, 1888
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Abilene Reflector, founded in the latter half of 1883, was an eight-page newspaper published every Thursday. By the early 1880s, Abilene had shed its rough cowtown image of the late 1860s to become a thriving commercial center with a rapidly growing population. In its own words, the paper was "conducted in the interest of the Democratic party, believing the party in its wisdom in the choice of candidates, from county offices to national, is greater than personal feeling or prejudice."

Abilene weekly reflector
Creator: Reflector Pub.
Date: May 3, 1888-June 28, 1894
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Abilene Weekly Reflector was published from May 3, 1888 until February 21, 1935. Owned by the Reflector Publishing Company, consisting of John J. Cooper as president and Richard Waring as business manager, the Reflector began a new Republican Party affiliation. The new proprietors cited "the universal demand of republicans in this section of the state for a Republican newspaper at Abilene" and began the "anomalous task of converting a Simon-pure democratic paper into a live, progressive republican journal." In 1888, the Reflector became the official paper of Dickinson County, seizing the title from the Abilene Gazette.

Globe-republican
Creator: Globe-Republican Pub. Co.
Date: October 23, 1889-December 28, 1899
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Globe-Republican was published weekly in Dodge City from October 23, 1889 until November 24, 1910. Always an eight-page, six-column paper, subscribers received the Globe-Republican every Wednesday until August 1895 when it switched to a Thursday publishing schedule. By 1893, the Globe-Republican was the "Official Paper of the County" and boasted "a circulation more than twice as large as any other newspaper in the county." After the November 24, 1910 issue, the name officially changed to the Dodge City Globe, commonly referred to as just the Globe, which remained in publication until 1918.

Wichita daily eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: June 8, 1884-August 17, 1886
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. After changing its name from the Daily Eagle, editor Marshall M. Murdock published the Wichita Daily Eagle for the first time on June 8, 1884. View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. From its first issue, the Wichita Daily Eagle embraced some of the latest formatting changes in the newspaper industry, explaining that "such a thing is unprecedented in American journalism - a border town with a nine-column daily." It claimed to be the first newspaper ever to be "printed on a power press in this valley and its presses the first to run by steam." On August 18, 1886, the title reverted to the Wichita Eagle, although its editors, affiliation, and audience remained unchanged. These early renditions of the Eagle paved the way for numerous successors, including the Wichita Eagle we know and read today.

Wichita daily eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: March 18, 1890-May 30, 1904
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. Subscribers received the first issue of the Wichita Daily Eagle on March 18, 1890. The paper was published daily, except Mondays, until June 9, 1906. The successor to a number of similarly named newspapers under the same proprietorship, the Wichita Daily Eagle covered the arrival of Carry A. Nation, the rise of Populism, and other important events in Kansas history.

Thomas county cat
Creator: Worcester, Eugene P
Date: March 12, 1885-February 5, 1891
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The first issue of the Thomas County Cat was published in Colby, Kansas, on March 12, 1885. It was the first newspaper in Thomas County, which was not officially organized until October 8, 1885. "The Cat" maintained a six-column folio format, published weekly on Thursdays. During its short six-year tenure, the paper had at least nine known editors and publishers. In February 1891, the Cat was absorbed by the Colby Tribune.

Leavenworth weekly times
Creator: Anthony, D. R. (Daniel Read), 1824-1904
Date: July 7, 1870-January 1, 1880
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Leavenworth Weekly Times was published weekly from July 7, 1870, until January 1, 1880. Along with its daily counterpart Leavenworth Daily Times, it proclaimed itself as "the oldest paper in the State?, the first Republican paper issued in the county, and the first Daily published in Kansas." The Times also was recognized as the official paper of the county and city of Leavenworth. Daniel Read Anthony, younger brother of women's suffrage advocate Susan B. Anthony, was one of the founders of Leavenworth and a public official, as well as the town's most prolific newspaper publisher.

Dodge city times
Creator: Shinn, Walter C., 1854-
Date: October 14, 1876-December 18, 1891
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The first issue of the Dodge City Times was published on May 20, 1876. Readership extended beyond Ford County into the unsettled, frontier regions of southwest Kansas. Walter C. Shinn, only 22 years old when he established the Times, worked as proprietor and editor along with his younger brother Otis "Lloyd" Shinn. The Dodge City Times had several different editors, before joining forces with the Western Kansas Ensign, thus becoming the Dodge City Times-Ensign in January 1892.

Western Kansas world
Creator: Tilton, Winfield S., 1848-
Date: March 21, 1885-June 30, 1894
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Western Kansas World was first issued on March 21, 1885. The World was published weekly on Saturdays and was the "Official County Paper of Trego County." With a unique and illustrative masthead that showcased the importance of homesteads, livestock, and agriculture on local livelihood, the World represented the character of an entire region. The World experienced several editorial changes before the turn of the century, but remains a current publication in WaKeeney.

Daily eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: May 20, 1884-June 7, 1884
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. Established as the first daily newspaper in Wichita to carry the Eagle name, the Daily Eagle printed four pages of news each day except Monday beginning on May 20, 1884. The Daily Eagle boasted of having "the largest circulation of any daily paper in southwestern Kansas." Although the Daily Eagle only produced a mere 17 issues, its name remains synonymous with its successors, as well as with the city itself. On June 8, 1884, the Daily Eagle became the Wichita Daily Eagle.

Saline county journal
Creator: Sampson, Mason D
Date: March 2, 1871-March 9, 1893
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. On March 2, 1871, the Saline County Journal made its publishing debut in Salina, Kansas. The seven-column, folio-format Journal was published every Thursday as the "Official Organ of Saline County" with a Republican affiliation. During its tenure, the Journal frequently reported on the arrival of the Texas cattle trade and railroads, and the effect that livestock and agriculture, particularly wheat farming, had on the Kansas economy. Even though the Journal experienced several editorial changes, founder Mason D. Sampson continued his lengthy proprietorship until he retired in June 1891. The last issue of the Journal appeared on March 9, 1893.

Wichita eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: April 19, 1883-November 27, 1885
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. On April 19, 1883, the Wichita City Eagle, the dominant newspaper of south-central Kansas, changed its name to the Wichita Eagle, which, like its predecessor, was a Republican-affiliated weekly newspaper. As publisher, Marshall M. Murdock, commonly remembered as "Marsh," expressed to the newspaper's readers that "the ambition of its founder is, and will be, to make [the Eagle] the leading journal of the Great Southwest." On January 27, 1888, the Eagle changed names again to the Wichita Weekly Eagle to help differentiate it from its daily counterparts.

Wichita city eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: April 12, 1872-April 12, 1883
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. In 1872, the Wichita City Eagle debuted as the dominant newspaper of south-central Kansas and a pioneer newspaper of the state. The first issue of what would later become widely known as the Eagle was published on April 12, 1872. The Wichita City Eagle changed its name to simply the Wichita Eagle beginning April 19, 1883.

Weekly Kansas chief
Creator: Miller, Solomon, 1831-1897
Date: July 11, 1872-May 31, 1883
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Weekly Kansas Chief was made notable by its founder and editor, Sol (Solomon) Miller, a pioneer of Kansas newspaper publishing. Miller established the White Cloud Kansas Chief in 1857 before changing its name to the Weekly Kansas Chief and moving the newspaper to nearby Troy, Kansas in 1872. Miller died in 1897 but the Weekly Kansas Chief continued until 1918.

Iola register
Creator: Scott, Charles F., b. 1860
Date: January 2, 1875-August 22, 1902
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. Publication of the weekly Iola Register began on January 2, 1875. The first editorial stated that "The Register will be independent in all things, and will be radical in the support of freedom, justice, and equal rights to all." It was the official paper of Allen County. Charles F. Scott, an Allen County native, became the paper's sole editor and proprietor in January 1886. Following his death in 1938, his son Angelo C. Scott succeeded as editor for the Iola Register, which continues under the same family of publishers.

Independent
Creator: Roberts, John Wesley, 1824-1900
Date: July 11, 1860-December 30, 1865
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The first issue of The Independent was published in Oskaloosa on July 11, 1860. Contrary to what the name suggests, The Independent clearly stated: "we are for the Union, for our county, for the glorious Republic we have loved." The Independent was founded by John Wesley Roberts (1824-1900), an abolitionist and prohibitionist, who wrote his editorials from his home in Waynesville, Ohio, until he moved to Oskaloosa in 1862. Today, the Oskaloosa Independent, which succeeded the The Independent after its last issue on May 2, 1874, remains in circulation.

Smoky hill and republican union
Creator: Kingsbury, George W., 1837-1925
Date: September 12, 1861-November 19, 1864
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. With the noteworthy motto "We Join Ourselves to No Party That Does Not Carry The Flag, and Keep Step to the Music of the Union," The Smoky Hill and Republican Union clearly expressed its antislavery sentiment. Published in Junction City, Kansas, the seat of Davis (now Geary) County in the northeast part of the state, the newspaper's title refers to the two rivers, the Smoky Hill and the Republican, that converge in the city. At the time it was the westernmost newspaper in Kansas. The Smoky Hill and Republican Union maintained a four-page, six-column folio sheet format throughout its tenure. It was published each Saturday except for a one-month suspension from December 26, 1861, until January 30, 1862, when there was a change in ownership.

White Cloud Kansas chief
Creator: Miller, Solomon, 1831-1897
Date: September 6, 1860-July 4, 1872
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The White Cloud Kansas Chief was made notable by its founder and editor, Sol (Solomon) Miller, a pioneer of Kansas newspaper publishing. Founded in a time when most newspapers lasted a few years at most, Miller published the Chief for nearly forty years. Shortly after arriving in White Cloud, Kansas Territory, Miller issued the first edition of the White Cloud Kansas Chief on June 4, 1857.

Wichita eagle
Creator: Murdock, Marshall Marcellus, 1837-1908
Date: August 18, 1886-March 16, 1890
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Wichita Eagle was a daily newspaper, published everyday except Mondays, from August 18, 1886 until March 16, 1890. Marshall M. Murdock (1837-1908), a man recognized for his progressive ideas, worked as the editor and publisher. He established the Wichita City Eagle in 1872 and remained with the paper through all its title changes until his retirement in 1906. Murdock believed a strong daily newspaper supporting local and regional commercial interests would help Wichita "not only to be the city of this greatest of great valleys, but possibly, even probably, the city of the State of Kansas."

Big blue union
Creator: Manning, Edwin Cassander, 1835-1915
Date: March 29, 1862 - May 19, 1866
View and search this newspaper by clicking on the Chronicling America link below. This newspaper comes from the collections of the Kansas Historical Society and was digitized with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program. The Big Blue Union was published in Marysville, Kansas, appearing on Saturday mornings beginning with the first issue on March 29, 1862, and continuing through its last on May 19, 1866. Taking its title from the Big Blue River that flows through the town, the paper boasted a Republican affiliation and maintained a pro-Union stance in a community whose founder and early residents were decidedly proslavery.

Wichita Beacon Titanic articles
Creator: Wichita Beacon
Date: April 16 - 17, 1912
Two front pages from the Wichita Beacon, Wichita, Kansas, covering the recent sinking of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic was on its way from Southampton, England, to New York when it collided with an iceberg on April 14th, 1912. Of the 2,200 passengers, more than 1,500 perished.