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The following list is an extract from "Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers, 1833-1957", compiled by Donald E. Oehlerts, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958. The Wisconsin Historical Society has copies of some of the newspapers on microfilm, see those newspapers with (WiHi) notations at the end of their descriptions.
Bayfield

BAYFIELD COUNTY JOURNAL (w) 9 Feb - 9 July 1978. (WiHi Complete)

BAYFIELD COUNTY PRESS (w) 13 June 1877 - 14 May 1976, 5 June, 1980 - 26 Apr 1989.
Title varies: Bayfield Press, 1877 - Nov. 1882.
Merged with the Washburn Times to form the Washburn-Bayfield County Times, May 1976.
Merged with the Iron River Pioneer and the Washburn Times to be absorbed by the (Cable) County Journal, May 1989.
(WiHi 13 June 1877 - 3 July, 18 Dec. 1880, 15 Jan. - 26 Mar., 2 July 1881 - 14 May 1976, 5 June 1980 - 26 Apr. 1989)

BAYFIELD GAZETTE (w) 1902 - 1903.

BAYFIELD MERCURY (w) 18 Apr. - Oct 1857. (WiHi 18 Apr. - 11 July, 15 - 22 Aug. 5 Sept. 1857)

BAYFIELD PRESS (w) 21 Sept. 1859 - Spring 1861

BAYFIELD PRESS (w) 1866 - 1868[?].

BAYFIELD PRESS (w) 13 Oct. 1870 - 15 June 1872. Succeeded by the Ashland Press. (WiHi Complete)

BAYFIELD PRESS (1877 - 1882), see Bayfield County Press.

BAYFIELD PROGRESS (w) 3 June 1909 - 30 Mar 1927. (WiHi Complete)

RED CLIFF NEWSLETTER (m) Oct. 1974 - July 1994. Native American Newspaper (WiHi Complete)


Cable

COUNTY JOURNAL (w) 7 May 1984 to date. Title varies: South County Journal, 1984 - Oct. 1988. (WiHi Complete)


Iron River

HOMESTEAD, see Iron River Pioneer.

IRON RIVER PIONEER (w) 29 Sept. 1894 - 26 Apr. 1989.
Title varies: Homestead, 1894 - Apr. 1895. Merged with the Washburn Times and the (Bayfield) Bayfield County Press to be absorbed by the (Cable) County Journal. (WiHi Complete)

IRON RIVER TIMES (1892 - 1895), see Washburn Times.


Port Wing

THE CONNECTION (m) Jan. 1994 to date. Title varies: South Shore Boxholder Connection, 1994 - Apr. 1996; South Shore Connection, May 1996 - Dec. 1998. (WiHi May 1995 to date)


Washburn

BAYFIELD COUNTY JOURNAL, see under Bayfield.

WASHBURN-BAYFIELD COUNTY TIMES, see Washburn Times.

WASHBURN BEE (w) 14 Mar. 1885 - 10 Sept. 1887. (WiHi Complete)

WASHBURN BULLETIN (w) Apr. - Oct. 1892.

CHEQUAMEGON SUN (w) Dec. 1976 - 1978[?] (WiHi 1 - 15 Dec. 1977)

WASHBURN ITEMIZER (w) 16 Oct. 1884 - 25 Dec. 1896. Merged with the Washburn News to form the Washburn News and Itemizer. (WiHi 23 Oct. 1884 - 9 Oct. 1890)

WASHBURN NEWS AND ITEMIZER (w) 1 Oct. 1887 - 5 July 1924. Title varies: Washburn News, 1887 - Dec. 1896. Merged with the Washburn Times (WiHi 1 Oct. 1887 - 28 Dec. 1903, 3 Jan. 1908 - 29 Dec. 1935)

WASHBURN TIMES (w) 10 Mar. 1892 - 26 Apr. 1989. Place of publication varies: Iron River, 1892 - Apr. 1895. Title varies: Iron River Times, 1892 - Apr. 1895; Washburn-Bayfield County Times, May 1976 - May 1980. Merged with the (Bayfield) Bayfield County Press and the Iron River Pioneer to be absorbed by the (Cable) County Journal. (WiHi 10 Mar., 2 June 1892 - 1 Mar., 27 Sept. 1894 - 26 Apr. 1989)
 

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