General information about the history printing in Red River Valley.

The first newspaper to be published in northern Dakota was the The Fontier Scout. It was issued at Fort Union in 1864 according to the 1989 North Dakota Blue Book, edited by Curt Ericksmoen. http://www.state.nd.us/hist/chrono.htm#1800

On July 11, 1873, Colonel Clement A. Lounsberry published the first issue of the Bismarck Tribune, now North Dakota's oldest newspaper.

In 1874 The Fargo Express, first newspaper in the Red River Valley, began publication.

	The Grand Forks Herald was founded in 1879, by George Winship. "It will be the peoples paper" he said. The paper was first a weekly, and in March of 1881, it was issued semi-weekly. The first number of the daily was issued Nov 1st, 1881.

The North Dakota Newspaper Law of 1905 required official newspapers to provide two copies to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. http://www.state.nd.us/hist/newshome.htm
 

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1886 The Bank of Hamilton (oldest bank in North Dakota) was first opened.