County Newspapers
KITTITAS COUNTY NEWSPAPERS
Some of the information for this list was taken from "An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima and Kittitas Counties", 1904, by
Interstate Publishing Co.
So far, transcribed issues have been done by the webmaster. Please feel free to donate transcriptions to add! NEW indicates issues that
have been added since the last update.
Information has been transcribed as accurately as possible, however as some microfilms are very hard to read, the reader is encouraged to
double-check especially on land record locations. Also, although as many articles as possible have been read in each issue, there are
articles that simply could not be read on the microfilm, so some papers may be incomplete on what they have to offer.
Currently published papers are The Daily Record and the Northern Kittitas County Tribune.
The Cascade Miner
The Cle Elum Echo
The Cle Elum Tribune
The Daily Record
The Ellensburg Capital NEW issues
The Ellensburg Dawn
The Ellensburg Democrat
The Ellensburg Localizer
The Ellensburgh New Era
The Ellensburg News
The Evening Record
The Gospel Preacher
The Herald
The Kittitas Localizer
The Kittitas Standard
The Kittitas Wau-Wau
The Northern Kittitas County Tribune
The Register
The Teanaway Bugle
The Yakima Record
The Yakima Signal
The Cascade Miner
This newspaper was established in Roslyn, and was still being published in 1904. The first
issue appeared on September 14, 1896. It was first established by the Republicans as a
campaign paper. The paper's office was on First Street between Pennsylvania and Dakota
Avenues.
The Cle Elum Echo
The Echo was a weekly newspaper which began publishing in January 1902 by the RANDALL brothers
of Roslyn.
The Cle Elum Tribune
The Cle Elum Tribune is on microfilm from early 1891 to early 1892.
April 23, 1891
June 11, 1891
October 29, 1891
February 3, 1892
The Daily Record (The Evening Record)
The Daily Record is a current paper which began in 1909 as the Evening Record. It is published
in Ellensburg, with offices on the corner of 4th and Main. Clicking on the name will take you
to their website.
January 3, 1910
The Ellensburg Capital (The Ellensburgh Capital) (The Kittitas Capital)
The Capital was founded on October 11, 1887, by A. N. HAMILTON. The paper's first home was
on the corner of Pearl and 5th, where it remained until October 1890. It then moved to
the Bath block. The Capital (still being published in 1904) was a 7-column, four-page, paper.
October 15, 1887
November 15, 1888
May 23, 1889
August 29, 1889
November 7, 1889
November 28, 1889
June 16, 1892
January 18, 1894
March 22, 1894
April 4, 1895
July 30, 1896
October 1, 1896
February 1, 1902
November 7, 1903
May 28, 1904 NEW issue
November 7, 1906
June 5, 1907
October 8, 1909
March 7, 1912
September 19, 1912
May 29, 1913
February 10, 1916
March 23, 1916
April 26, 1917
May 3, 1917 NEW issue
February 7, 1918
May 2, 1918
June 19, 1919 one article on deaths
September 11, 1919
The Ellensburg Dawn (The Ellensburg Democrat)
The Dawn began in November 1893 as a six-page monthly magazine. It was first called the
Reformer's Dawn. It was established by Robert A. TURNER "who had been connected with
reform work since 1876, to advocate the principles of the People's part as promulgated at
Omaha, July 4, 1892." The cost was 25 cents per year. It was well-received and doubled
in size after the fourth issue. By May 1894, there were 1,250 subscribers. Later it became
weekly. By 1904, it was in the Albany Block, having moved there from Main Street. Previous
to that, it had been in the Geddis Annex from 1897 to August 1902. Prior to that it had
been in the Cadwell block. It later became the Ellensburg Democrat.
October 13, 1894
January 6, 1899
May 26, 1899
September 15, 1899
May 25, 1900
October 4, 1902
November 8, 1902
December 31, 1903
June 15, 1905
January 11, 1906
April 3, 1908
October 14, 1909
April 28, 1910
February 19, 1914
December 24, 1914
The Ellensburg Localizer (The Kittitas Localizer, The Evening Localizer)
The Kittitas Localizer was established in 1883 by David J. SCHNEBLY. He was a Northwest
veteran newspaperman. The first issue was published on July 12, 1883. It was a four-page
sheet. The plant was destroyed by a fire that burned much of the city on July 4, 1889. At
this time the paper's name was changed to the Ellensburg Localizer. The offices were moved
to the west side of Main Street between 3rd & 4th Streets. In 1904 it was an 8-page paper,
issued on Saturdays. In 1905 came the "Evening Localizer".
February 2, 1889
April 13, 1889
June 8, 1889
September 21, 1889
July 12, 1890
December 20, 1890
January 24, 1891
March 14, 1891
May 14, 1892
August 27, 1892
October 8, 1892
July 21, 1894
November 24, 1894
February 22, 1896
August 24, 1901
January 2, 1908
The Ellensburgh New Era
Only a few copies exist of this paper in microfilm. The August 26, 1887 edition is shown as vol. II. It was
published every Saturday morning by S. T. STERLING.
August 26, 1887
August 10, 1888
The Ellensburg News
March 26, 1918
The Gospel Preacher
The journal was issued monthly in magazine form. The first issue was May 1893, and it ran
for approximately 2 years in Ellensburg. The editor and publisher was the Rev. W. W. STONE.
The Herald
It was published semi-weekly according to the cover, by John T. HARSELL, in Ellensburgh, Washington Territory.
April 23, 1887
The Kittitas Wau-Wau
It was the first paper published in the region, starting in 1879 by Austin A. BELL and
Harry M. BRYANT. Volume 1, no. 1, was published on July 4th, 1879. There was only one
other issue.
July 4, 1880 issue
The Kittitas Standard
The first issue was June 15, 1883 and the last issue was September 10, 1885. The Editor,
CHADD, died and publication ended. It was published on Pearl Street, near Third, in
Ellensburg.
July 21, 1883
October 3, 1885
The Northern Kittitas County Tribune
This current newspaper is published at Cle Elum. Clicking on the name will take you to their
website.
The Register (The Washington State Register)
Also known as The Washington State Register. It was published every Saturday morning. A. A. BATTERSON, was Editor and Publisher.
October 10, 1890
February 18, 1893
June 17, 1893
February 17, 1894
The Teanaway Bugle
It was published by G. W. and Fred SEATON beginning sometime in 1883. It was four pages,
9x12 inches in size, and appeared at irregular intervals for about a year. The office was
an old shack on the west bank of the Teanaway.
The Yakima Record
The Yakima weekly Record is of importance as the Kittitas Valley area was once part of Yakima
County. Any newspaper gleanings attached to this are only of those articles with reference
to the Kittitas Valley, not the entire paper.
September 6, 1879
February 7, 1880
February 28, 1880
April 17, 1880
May 29, 1880
July 10, 1880
September 4, 1880
October 16, 1880
November 20, 1880
December 11, 1880
December 18, 1880
January 15, 1881
May 28, 1881
October 1, 1881
December 24, 1881
February 18, 1882
April 8, 1882
July 29, 1882
September 16, 1882
October 21, 1882
March 17, 1883
December 1, 1883
January 26, 1884
The Yakima Signal
The Yakima Signal was an early county paper. The Kittitas County area was once part of the Yakima County.
Any newspaper gleanings attached to this are only of those articles with reference to the Kittitas Valley,
not the entire paper.
February 17, 1883
April 7, 1883
September 8, 1883
February 2, 1884
March 22, 1884
Newspapers transcribed here are normally not the same as those published in our quarterly
newsletter. See newspapers in our newsletters for more information.
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