History of Harrison County newspapers traces settlement growth
A survey of Harrison County newspapers outlines the rise and consolidation from Calhoun to Dunlap. The piece tracks publications such as the Harrison County Flag, Magnolia Republican, The Western Star, Mondamin Enterprise, Missouri Valley Times, and locals like the Logan Observer and Woodbine Twiner, noting relocations and ownership changes shaping the county’s press through 1916 and beyond.
Magnolia Pioneer Town of Harrison County Rich in History
Magnolia, the oldest town in Harrison County, sits near Primary Road 127 with a 230 population and historic roots dating to 1853 when it became county seat. It hosts a memorial log cabin built 1926 for pioneers, a 12 grade consolidated school since 1919, Zion Lutheran largest in the county, and multiple churches reflecting early settlement.
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Magnolia
Harrison County
Chicago and Northwestern
Illinois Central
Logan
N. E
George H. White
James W. Bates
Council Bluffs
Almo Fyrando
Old Settlers Association
Magnolia High School
Missouri River
Edk Grove
U. S
Old Settlers
United States
Newell Dwight Hillis
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hester Hillis
Ceylon
Iowa Light and Power Company
Zion Lutheran Church
Evangelistical
Methodist
Latter Day Saints
Iowa
E.E.A
First Harrison County Newspaper Emerges in 1858 Calhoun
The Harrison County Flag, Har rison County's first paper, started at Calhoun in 1858 by Hon. Isaac Parrish. It issued only three issues before moving to Magnolia and becoming the Magnolia Republican after a brief sale to Capt. William Hill.
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Harrison County
Calhoun
Magnolia
Persia
Mondamin
Little Siour
Logan
Missouri Valley
Woodbine
Dunlap
Isaac Parrish
W. M Hil
Hill
Tom Barnett
Parrish
Old Hickory Democracy
Harrison County Courier
Alpheus Davison
Mr. Reel
Courier
A. G. Hard
Reel
George Musgrave
Dunlap Reporter
George R. Brainard
L. F. Cook
Cook
Issacher Scofield
Scofield
Rogers
J. H. Purcell
Miers &Waitley
E. B. Williams
W. N. Gaumer
W. J. Embody
Thomas Clavery
C. E . Bramson
Warren Seeley
Little Sioux Sentinel
Mandamin Independent
Little Sioux
the Sentinel
Samuel Dowell
William Wonder
Independent
Mordamin
W. D. Butts
Little Sioux Hustler
Line Sioux Hustler
H. W. Kerr
Kerr
Gee Pharmacy
Hustler
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
4Fir
The
Pisgah
Modale
William Hill
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Fremont
Missouri
Magnolia Republican
D. E. Brainard
Ephraim
Preparation
Monona County
Jehovah’s Presbytery
Zion
Western Star
Joe H. Smith
Smith
Henry Cutler
G. F. Waterman
Waterman
Musgrave and Cook
Cutler
Harrisonian
D. M. Harris
M. H Goltry
Missouri Valley Times
Harlan
Observer
J. K. Davison
Mondamin Enterprise
Bruce Morrison
J. W. Beamann & Son
Fred Kelley
M H Goltry
Chester Crouch
Willard Dale
Harrison County News
Ballou
A.H Sniff
Persia Globe
George E. Ferguson
Globe
George T. Smith
A. A. Devantier
Bays
Thompson
C. W. Bays
E. Stewart
Medill
Ivens
Charles Pernel
James Laing
George H. Holton
S. G. Cave
MP. McElroy
J. G. Cave
Logan Observer
John C. McCabe
Mr. McCabe
Frank McCabe
H. A. Bloom
Harrison County Herald
Logan Herald-Observer
Wes
Twiner
Rev. de Tar
H.C Ford
E. A. Stevens
Stevens
Eldred Jeb’son
Mrs
Clara Bloom and
Willow River
Harrison, Crawford, Pottawattamie
Shelby
Monona Counties
Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperative
John Powley
Edwin Seabury
Max Hammitt
Clark N. Dunham
Frank Soukup
Vern Berkholder
Fred Behm
William Orr
Hugo Rodenburg
Neola
Gerald Custer