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Montana Online Historical Newspapers

12/31/2020

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There are over 1,100 newspapers that have been published in the Treasure State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Montana. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:

Chronicling America - Montana
  • Anaconda, Mont., 1889-1970 - The Anaconda standard.
  • Armington, Mont., 1894-1977 - Belt Valley times.
  • Benton, M.T. [Mont.], 1875-1879 - The Benton record.
  • Benton, Mont., 1880-1885 - The Benton weekly record.
  • Billings, Mont., 1882-1885 - The Billings herald.
  • Billings, Mont., 1885-1900 - The Daily gazette.
  • Billings, Mont., 1896-1919 - The Billings gazette.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1871-1872 - The avant courier.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1872-1882 - Bozeman avant courier.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1883-1883 - The weekly chronicle.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1883-1889 - The Bozeman weekly chronicle.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1919-1954 - The Bozeman courier.
  • Broadus, Mont., 1918-1919 - The Broadus independent.
  • Broadus, Mont., 1919-1935 - The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent.
  • Butte, Mont., 1878-1881 - The weekly miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1879-1885 - The daily miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1881-1901 - Daily inter mountain.
  • Butte, Mont., 1882-1886 - The semi-weekly miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1885-18?? - The Butte daily miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1886-1890 - Butte semi-weekly miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 19??-1951 - Montana labor news.
  • Butte, Mont., 1901-1912 - The Butte inter mountain.
  • Butte, Mont., 1902-190? - The new age.
  • Butte, Mont., 1913-1961 - The Butte daily post.
  • Butte, Mont., 1918-1921 - The Butte daily bulletin.
  • Circle, Mont., 1914-1939 - The Circle banner. [volume]
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1946-1948 - Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume]
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1948-current - Hungry Horse news. [volume]
  • Culbertson, Mont., 1902-current - The searchlight.
  • Cut Bank, Mont., 1909-current - Cut Bank pioneer press.
  • Deer Lodge, Mont., 1869-1897 - The new North-west.
  • Diamond City, Mont., 1875-1943 - Rocky Mountain husbandman.
  • Dillon, Mont., 1881-1941 - The Dillon tribune.
  • Dupuyer, Mont., 1894-1904 - The Dupuyer acantha.
  • Ekalaka, Mont., 1909-1920 - The Ekalaka eagle.
  • Eureka, Mont., 1932-1942 - The Eureka mirror. [volume]
  • Forsyth, Mont., 1901-1906 - Rosebud County news.
  • Fort Benton, Mont., 1880-current - The river press. volume
  • Fort Peck (Wheeler), Mont., 1934-193? - The Fort Peck press. [volume]
  • Glasgow, Mont., 1913-current - The Glasgow courier.
  • Glendive, Mont., 1905-1928 - Yellowstone monitor.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1885-1890 - Great Falls tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1887-1890 - Great Falls tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1888-1890 - The Great Falls leader.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1888-1900 - The Great Falls leader.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1890-1890 - The tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1890-1891 - The semi-weekly tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1891-1894 - The weekly tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1894-1??? - Great Falls weekly tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1895-1921 - Great Falls daily tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1918-1918 - Montana leader.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1918-192? - The Montana nonpartisan.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1921-current - Great Falls tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 192?-1931 - Montana oil journal.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1931-1953 - Montana oil and mining journal.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1947-1993 - Montana farmer-stockman. [volume]
  • Harlem, Mont., 1899-1926 - The enterprise.
  • Harlowton, Mont., 1909-1914 - The Harlowton news.
  • Havre, Mont., 1904-1908 - The Havre herald.
  • Helena, Mont., 1867-1900 - Helena weekly herald. volume
  • Helena, Mont., 1875-1943 - The Helena independent.
  • Helena, Mont., 1894-1894 - The Colored citizen.
  • Helena, Mont., 1906-1911 - The Montana plaindealer.
  • Helena, Mont., 1914-191? - The Suffrage daily news.
  • Helena, Mont., 1939-1969 - The People's voice. [volume]
  • Inverness, Mont., 1917-1918 - Inverness news.
  • Judith Gap, Mont., 1908-19?? - Judith Gap journal.
  • Kalispell, Mont., 1900-192? - The Kalispell bee.
  • Kalispell, Mont., 1901-1901 - The Kalispell bee.
  • Kevin, Mont., 1922-1922 - The Kevin courier.
  • Kevin, Mont., 1922-1929 - The Kevin review. [volume]
  • Laurel, Mont., 1909-current - Laurel outlook. [volume]
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1886-1946 - Fergus County argus.
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1904-191? - Montana news.
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1904-1919 - Fergus County Democrat.
  • Libby, Mont., 1911-1913 - The Libby herald.
  • Libby, Mont., 1920-1933 - Western news and the Libby times.
  • Libby, Mont., 1933-current - The Western news.
  • Livingston, Mont., 1883-1884 - The daily enterprise.
  • Livingston, Mont., 1883-1914 - The Livingston enterprise.
  • Maiden, Mont., 1883-1886 - The Mineral argus.
  • Miles City, Mont., 1882-1893 - Daily Yellowstone journal.
  • Miles City, Mont., 1893-1901 - The Yellowstone journal.
  • Missoula, Mont., 1904-1961 - The Daily Missoulian.
  • Neihart, Mont., 1890-1901 - The Neihart herald.
  • Philipsburg, Mont., 1887-current - The Philipsburg mail.
  • Plentywood, Mont., 1908-current - Plentywood herald.
  • Plentywood, Mont., 1918-1937 - The producers news.
  • Red Lodge, Mont., 1889-1907 - Red Lodge picket.
  • Red Lodge, Mont., 1924-1924 - The Carbon County chronicle.
  • Red Lodge, Mont., 1924-1931 - The Carbon County news.
  • Red Lodge, Mont., 1931-1936 - Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news.
  • Red Lodge, Mont., 1936-current - Carbon County news. [volume]
  • Ronan, Mont., 1910-1970 - The Ronan pioneer.
  • Roundup, Mont., 1908-1929 - The roundup record.
  • Shelby, Mont., 1922-192? - The Montana courier. [volume]
  • Sidney, Mont., 1908-19?? - The Sidney herald.
  • Stevensville, Mont., 1890-1977 - The Western news.
  • Stevensville, Mont., 1894-1899 - The Ravalli Republican.
  • Sun River, Mont., 1884-1885 - Sun River sun.
  • Virginia City, Mont., 1873-1915 - The Madisonian.
  • Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.], 1864-1869 - The Montana post.
  • Whitefish, Mont., 1904-current - The Whitefish pilot.
  • Wibaux, Mont., 1907-1919 - The Wibaux pioneer.
  • Wolf Point, Mont., 1913-1940 - ​The Wolf Point herald.

Google News Archive
  • Basin - The Basin Progress
  • Basin - The Basin Progress and Mining Review
  • Belgrade - Gallatin County Journal
  • Belgrade - The Belgrade Journal
  • Big Timber - Big Timber Pioneer
  • Big Timber - Big Timber Express
  • Bigfork - Flathead County News
  • Billings - Yellowstone Valley Recorder
  • Boulder - The Age-Sentinel
  • Bozeman - The High Country
  • Browning - Glacier County Chief
  • Butte - The Montana Catholic
  • Butte - The Butte Bystander
  • Butte - The Tribune-Review
  • Butte - Montana State Journal
  • Butte - The Labor World
  • Castle - The Whole Truth
  • Chester - Chester Signal
  • Chester - The Newspaper of Chester
  • Choteau - Teton Chronicle
  • Circle - Mccone County Pioneer
  • Columbia Falls - The Columbian
  • Columbus - Stillwater County Democrat
  • Columbus - The Express
  • Columbus - The Stillwater Bulletin
  • Concord - The Concord Tribune
  • Darby - The Darby Sentinel
  • Dayton - The Dayton Leader
  • Deer Lodge - Silver State Post
  • Dupuyer - The Dupuyer Acantha
  • Forsyth - Forsyth Journal
  • Galata - The Galata Journal
  • Gardiner - Wonderland
  • Gebo - Carbon County Sentinel
  • Gilman - The Times-Optimist
  • Glasgow - North Montana Review
  • Great Falls - Great Falls Pennant
  • Hamilton - The Ravalli County Democrat
  • Hardin - The Big Horn Searchlight
  • Harlowton - Musselshell News
  • Havre - The Havre Plaindealer
  • Havre - The Havre Herald
  • Hedgesville - Hedges Herald
  • Helena - The Montana Mining Review
  • Helena - The Montana Plaindealer
  • Helena - Montana News
  • Helena - The Montana Progressive
  • Helena - The Helena Message
  • Ingomar - The Ingomar Index
  • Kalispell - The Kalispell Graphic
  • Kalispell - The Kalispell Bee
  • Kalispell - Flathead Herald-Journal
  • Kalispell - The Kalispell Journal
  • Kendall - The Kendall Miner
  • Lame Deer - A'tome
  • Lewistown - The Lewistown Democrat
  • Libby - The Weekly Montanian
  • Lincoln - Blackfoot Valley Dispatch
  • Livingston - Livingston Herald
  • Malta - Phillips County News
  • Marysville - The Mountaineer
  • Miles City - Miles City Independent
  • Miles City - The Independent
  • Miles City - The Yellowstone Journal
  • Miles City - The Daily Yellowstone Journal
  • Missoula - Edwards Fruit Grower and Farmer
  • Missoula - Morning Missoulian
  • Missoula - Daily Democrat-Messenger
  • Missoula - Weekly Missoulian
  • Missoula - Democrat-Messenger
  • Missoula - Edwards' Fruit Grower & Farmer
  • Missoula - Missoula Weekly Gazette
  • Missoula - The Missoula Herald
  • Missoula - Missoula Gazette
  • Mondak - The Yellowstone News
  • Moore - The Inland Empire
  • Neihart - The Neihart Miner
  • Neihart - Neihart Herald
  • Philipsburg - Philipsburg Mail
  • Philipsburg - The Citizens Call
  • Pony - The Pony Sentinel
  • Pony - The Pony Dispatch and Express
  • Quigley - Rock Creek Record
  • Red Lodge - Carbon County News
  • Roundup - Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times
  • Shelby - The Shelby News
  • Sheridan - The Sheridan Enterprise
  • Superior - The Mineral County Press
  • Sidney - Sidney Herald
  • Three Forks - Three Forks News
  • Troy - The Troy Tribune
  • Twin Bridges - Madison County Monitor
  • Virginia City - Southwestern View
  • Winston - The Winston Prospector

Montana Newspapers
  • Baker, Mont., 1909-1925 - Baker Sentinel 
  • Baker, Mont., 1915-1916 - The Fallonite 
  • Baker, Mont., 1916-current - Fallon County Times 
  • Baker, Mont., 1925-1926 - The Advocate 
  • Barker, Mont., 1891-1894 - Belt Mountain Miner
  • Belt, Mont., 1894-1977 - Belt Valley Times
  • Benchland, Mont., 191?-191? - The Benchland Advocate
  • Benchland, Mont., 1911-191? - The Benchland Weekly Advocate
  • Big Sandy, Mont., 1911-1921 - The Bear Paw Mountaineer 
  • Big Sandy, Mont., 1921-current - The Mountaineer
  • Big Timber, Mont., 1890-1975 - Big Timber Pioneer 
  • Big Timber, Mont., 1975-1982 - The Pioneer 
  • Big Timber, Mont., 1983-current - The Big Timber Pioneer 
  • Billings, Mont., 1930-1943 - The Rimrock Echo 
  • Billings, Mont., 1945-1946 - Eastern State 
  • Billings, Mont., 1949-1949 - You Name It 
  • Billings, Mont., 1949-1959 - Emcoe 
  • Billings, Mont., 1953-1953 - The Yellow Jacket 
  • Billings, Mont., 1954-1954 - Semcoe 
  • Billings, Mont., 1955-1955 - The Buzzer 
  • Billings, Mont., 1955-2014 - The Retort 
  • Billings, Mont., 1964-1964 - Eastern Highlights 
  • Billings, Mont., 1970-1970 - Pulp 
  • Broadus, Mont., 1919-1935 - The Powder River County Examiner and the Broadus Independent
  • Broadus, Mont., 1935-1965 - The Powder River County Examiner
  • Butte, Mont., 18??-1928 - The Butte Miner 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1885-1889 - The Choteau Calumet 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1890-1901 - The Montanian 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1897-1901 - Teton Chronicle 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1901-1903 - The Montanian and Chronicle 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1904-current - The Choteau Acantha 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1913-1925 - The Choteau Montanan 
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1891-1897 - The Columbian 
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1903-1905 - Hendricks' Columbian 
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1905-1925 - The Columbian 
  • Dillon, Mont, 1949-2009 - Wescolite 
  • Dillon, Mont, 1985-1985 - The Summer Script 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1881-1941 - The Dillon Tribune 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1891-1962 - The Dillon Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1906-1918 - The Monmal 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1926-1949 - The Montanomal 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1941-1962 - The Dillon Daily Tribune 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1962-1971 - The Dillon Daily Tribune-Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1971-1973 - Daily Tribune-Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1973-1982 - Tribune-Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1982-1989 - Dillon Tribune Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1989-current - Dillon Tribune 
  • Dillon, Mont., 2002-2004 - The Western Wire 
  • Dixon, Mont., 1971-1985 - Char-Koosta 
  • Ekalaka, Mont., 1909-1920 - The Ekalaka Eagle
  • Ekalaka, Mont., 1920-1922 - The Ekalaka Eagle and Beaver Valley Press
  • Ekalaka, Mont., 1923-current - The Ekalaka Eagle
  • Eureka, Mont., 1940-1943 - Ksanka Annex 
  • Eureka, Mont., 1946-1968 - Evergreen 
  • Fort Benton, Mont., 1880-current - The River Press 
  • Geyser, Mont., 1911-1920 - Geyser Judith Basin Times
  • Grass Range, Mont., 1912-1942 - Grass Range Review 
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1888-1900 - The Great Falls Leader 
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1900-1909 - Great Falls Evening Leader 
  • Hardin, Mont., 1908-1925 - The Hardin Tribune 
  • Hardin, Mont., 1925-1973 - The Hardin Tribune-Herald 
  • Helena, Mont., 1912-1916 - Mount Saint Charles Scholastic 
  • Helena, Mont., 1916-2015 - The Prospector 
  • Helena, Mont., 1975-1977 - Tumbleweed 
  • Hobson, Mont., 1908-1956 - The Judith Basin Star
  • Ismay, Mont., 1908-1910 - The Ismay 
  • Ismay, Mont., 1910-1933 - The Ismay Journal 
  • Jackson, Mont., 1898-1915 - Big Hole Breezes 
  • Kendall, Mont., 1902-190? - Kendall Chronicle 
  • Kendall, Mont., 1905-191? - The Kendall Miner 
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1886-1946 - Fergus County Argus 
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1904-1919 - Fergus County Democrat 
  • Melstone, Mont., 1911-191? - The Melstone Graphic
  • Melstone, Mont., 1914-19?? - The Melstone Messenger
  • Miles City, Mont., 1883-1884 - The Daily Rustler 
  • Missoula, Montana, 1964-current - The Hellgate Lance 
  • Moccasin, Mont., 1920-1924 - The Independent
  • Moore, Mont., 1905-1915 - The Inland Empire 
  • Moore, Mont., 1915-1931 - The Moore Independent 
  • Pablo, Mont., 1985-current - Char-Koosta News 
  • Plains, Mont., 1906-1924 - Sanders County Signal 
  • Plains, Mont., 1909-1910 - Sanders County Democrat 
  • Polson, Mont., 1909-1911 - The Lake Shore Sentinel 
  • Polson, Mont., 1910-current - The Flathead Courier 
  • Poplar, Mont., 1963-1966 - Eyapi Oaye 
  • Poplar, Mont., 1970-1974 - Wotanin 
  • Poplar, Mont., 1975-2007 - Wotanin Wowapi 
  • Ronan?, Mont., 1956-19?? - Char-Koosta 
  • Roundup, Mont., 1908-1929 - The Roundup Record 
  • Saco, Mont., 19??-1971 - The Saco Independent 
  • Savage, Mont., 1910-192? - Yellowstone Valley Star
  • Stanford, Mont., 1909-1920 - The Stanford World
  • Stanford, Mont., 1920-1956 - Judith Basin County Press
  • Superior, Mont., 1915-current - The Mineral Independent 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1894-1897 - Weekly Montanian 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1905-1918 - The Sanders County Ledger 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1918-1959 - The Sanders County Independent-Ledger 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1959-current - Sanders County Ledger 
  • Toston, Mont., 1907-190? - Crow Creek Journal 
  • Toston, Mont., 1913-191? - Missouri Valley Index 
  • Toston, Mont., 1923-192? - The Toston Times 
  • Townsend, Mont., 188?-1890 - Townsend Tranchant 
  • Townsend, Mont., 1890-1901 - The Townsend Messenger 
  • Townsend, Mont., 1897-current - Townsend Star
  • Townsend, Mont., 19??-1914 - The Broadwater Opinion 
  • Townsend, Mont., 1900-1901 - The Townsend Forum 
  • Townsend, Mont., 1901-1901 - The Townsend Forum and Townsend Messenger 
  • Townsend, Mont., 1904-1904 - The Broadwater County Citizen 
  • Townsend, Mont., 1914-191? - Townsend Inter-Mountain 
  • Virginia City, Mont., 1873-1915 - The Madisonian
  • Virginia City, Mont., 1915-1920 - Madisonian Times
  • Virginia City, Mont., 1920-current - ​The Madisonian
  • Winifred, Mont., 1913-19?? - The Winifred Times 
  • Winifred, MT, ????-???? - The Winifred Times
  • Winifred, MT, 1937-1965 - Prairie Dog Chatter
  • Winifred, MT, 1949-1950 - Tourney Tattler
  • Winifred, MT, 1953-1953 - The Pioneer
  • Winifred, MT, 1966-1987 - The Raider Reporter
  • Winifred, MT, 1988-1988 - Big Shot Bulletin
  • Winifred, MT, 2003-2011 - Raider Rave
  • Winston, Mont., 1897-1899 - The Winston Prospector ​
  • Wisdom, Mont., 1912-1925 - Big Hole Basin News 
  • Zortman, Mont., 1907-19?? - Little Rockies Miner 

Montana Memory Project - Newspapers
  • Beaverhead County, Montana Newspapers
  • Big Horn County Obituaries
  • Big Timber Pioneer
  • Char-Koosta News
  • Eye Opener
  • Fallon County Newspapers
  • Liberty County Obituaries
  • Lincoln County High School Newspaper
  • Little Rockies Miner
  • Montana Woman Yagazine
  • MSU Billings Student Newspapers
  • Polson's Early Newspapers
  • Poplar, Montana Newspapers
  • The Prospector
  • Saco Independent
  • Teton County Newspapers
  • UM Western Newspapers

County and Library Collections:

Billings Public Library
  • Billings Gazette 
  • The Billings Gazette 
  • The Billings Daily Gazette

Havre Hill County Library
  • Daily News 
  • Havre Daily News 
  • Havre Daily News 
  • Hill County Sunday Journal 

Student Collections:

Bozeman High School - Bozeman
  • Gallatin High News 
  • Hawk Tawk 
Carroll College - Helena
  • Prospector
Lincoln High School - Eureka
  • Evergreen 1949-1968 
  • Ksanka Annex 1940-1943
Montana State University - Billings
  • Eastern Highlights 1964-1964 
  • Eastern State 1945-1946 
  • Emcoe 1949-1959 
  • Pulp 1970-1970 
  • Semcoe 1954-1954 
  • The Buzzer 1955-1955 
  • The Retort 1955-2014 
  • The Rimrock Echo 1930-1943 
  • The Yellow Jacket 1953-1953 
  • You Name It 1949-1949 
Montana State University - Bozeman
  • Exponent
Montana State University -Great Falls College
  • Great Falls College MSU News
Montana Tech - Butte
  • Acropolitan (1923-1930)
  • Amplifier (1955-1977)
  • Technocrat (1977-present)
  • All Student Newspapers
Rocky Mountain College - Billings
  • The Summit
University of Montana - Missoula
  • Montana Kaimin​
University of Montana Western - Dillon
  • The Monmal 1906-1918 
  • The Montanomal 1926-1949 
  • The Western Wire 2002-2004 
  • Wescolite 2004-2009 

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:

Independent Voices - Alternative Press
  • Borrowed Times

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942​
  • ​Augusta - Drifters (Company 280)
  • Beaver Creek - The Montana Bear Paw (Company 535)
  • Belton - Belton Beacon (Company 697)
  • Big Timber - Big Timber Times
  • Glacier National Park - Babb Echo (Company 622)
  • Glacier National Park - Babb Gazette (Company 622)
  • Glacier National Park - Glacier Ice Sheet (Company 529)
  • Havre - Daily Bear Paw Gazette (Company 535)
  • Lahood Park - Camp Cavern Courier (Company 574)
  • Lewiston - Eight Star News (Company 575)
  • Lolo - Lolo Lookout (Company 297)
  • Malta - Barracks City News
  • Malta - Barracks City News (Company 258)
  • Miles City - Spotted Eagle (Company 2749)
  • Paradise - Big Bend Billows (Company 533)
  • Paradise - Peals From Paradise (Company 533)
  • Superior - Whispering Pine (Company 591)
  • White Sulphur Springs - Camp Duck Creek Indowvaky (Company 533)
  • White Sulphur Springs - Helena'S Only (Company 533)
  • White Sulphur Springs - O.K.I. Duck (Company 533)
  • Whitehall - Cavern Echo (Company 574)
  • Whitehall - Discovery (Company 574)
  • Winnett - Seventh Star News (Company 575)

Bozeman and Great Falls Newspaper Index (Index only)

Small Town Papers
  • Blackfoot Valley Dispatch Lincoln, Montana
  • The Mountaineer Big Sandy, Montana
  • Philipsburg Mail Philipsburg, Montana
  • Phillips County News Malta, Montana
  • Roundup Record Tribune & Winnett Times Roundup, Montana
  • Sidney Herald Sidney, Montana
  • Silver State Post Deer Lodge, Montana
  • Big Timber Pioneer Big Timber
  • Yellowstone County News Huntley

Old Fulton Postcards
  • Big Sandy MT Mountaineer
  • Townsend MT Townsend Messenger

The Olden Times - Montana

Newspaper Abstracts - Montana

Other Free Sites:

Butte
  • Copper Commando
Columbia Falls
  • The Columbian
Fort Peck Reservation
  • Fort Peck Reservation Newspapers
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Montana Online Historical Newspapers

4/19/2018

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There are over 1,100 newspapers that have been published in the Treasure State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Montana. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location. 

(Updated March, 2018; recently added links are in BOLD)

Free Sites:

Collections:

Chronicling America - Montana
  • Anaconda, Mont., 1889-1970 - The Anaconda standard.
  • Benton, M.T. [Mont.], 1875-1879 - The Benton record.
  • Benton, Mont., 1880-1885 - The Benton weekly record.
  • Billings, Mont., 1882-1885 - The Billings herald.
  • Billings, Mont., 1885-1900 - The Daily gazette.
  • Billings, Mont., 1896-1919 - The Billings gazette.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1871-1872 - The avant courier.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1872-1882 - Bozeman avant courier.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1883-1883 - The weekly chronicle.
  • Bozeman, Mont., 1883-1889 - The Bozeman weekly chronicle.
  • Broadus, Mont., 1918-1919 - The Broadus independent.
  • Broadus, Mont., 1919-1935 - The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent.
  • Butte, Mont., 1878-1881 - The weekly miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1879-1885 - The daily miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1881-1901 - Daily inter mountain.
  • Butte, Mont., 1882-1886 - The semi-weekly miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1885-18?? - The Butte daily miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1886-1890 - Butte semi-weekly miner.
  • Butte, Mont., 1901-1912 - The Butte inter mountain.
  • Butte, Mont., 1902-190? - The new age.
  • Butte, Mont., 1913-1961 - The Butte daily post.
  • Butte, Mont., 1918-1921 - The Butte daily bulletin.
  • Culbertson, Mont., 1902-current - The searchlight.
  • Cut Bank, Mont., 1909-current - Cut Bank pioneer press.
  • Deer Lodge, Mont., 1869-1897 - The new North-west.
  • Diamond City, Mont., 1875-1943 - Rocky Mountain husbandman.
  • Dillon, Mont., 1881-1941 - The Dillon tribune.
  • Dupuyer, Mont., 1894-1904 - The Dupuyer acantha.
  • Ekalaka, Mont., 1909-1920 - The Ekalaka eagle.
  • Forsyth, Mont., 1901-1906 - Rosebud County news.
  • Fort Benton, Mont., 1880-current - The river press. volume
  • Glasgow, Mont., 1913-current - The Glasgow courier.
  • Glendive, Mont., 1905-1928 - Yellowstone monitor.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1885-1890 - Great Falls tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1887-1890 - Great Falls tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1888-1890 - The Great Falls leader.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1888-1900 - The Great Falls leader.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1890-1890 - The tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1890-1891 - The semi-weekly tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1891-1894 - The weekly tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1894-1??? - Great Falls weekly tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1895-1921 - Great Falls daily tribune.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1918-1918 - Montana leader.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1918-192? - The Montana nonpartisan.
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1921-current - Great Falls tribune.
  • Harlem, Mont., 1899-1926 - The enterprise.
  • Harlowton, Mont., 1909-1914 - The Harlowton news.
  • Havre, Mont., 1904-1908 - The Havre herald.
  • Helena, Mont., 1867-1900 - Helena weekly herald. volume
  • Helena, Mont., 1875-1943 - The Helena independent.
  • Helena, Mont., 1894-1894 - The Colored citizen.
  • Helena, Mont., 1906-1911 - The Montana plaindealer.
  • Helena, Mont., 1914-191? - The Suffrage daily news.
  • Inverness, Mont., 1917-1918 - Inverness news.
  • Judith Gap, Mont., 1908-19?? - Judith Gap journal.
  • Kalispell, Mont., 1900-192? - The Kalispell bee.
  • Kalispell, Mont., 1901-1901 - The Kalispell bee.
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1886-1946 - Fergus County argus.
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1904-191? - Montana news.
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1904-1919 - Fergus County Democrat.
  • Libby, Mont., 1911-1913 - The Libby herald.
  • Livingston, Mont., 1883-1884 - The daily enterprise.
  • Livingston, Mont., 1883-1914 - The Livingston enterprise.
  • Maiden, Mont., 1883-1886 - The Mineral argus.
  • Miles City, Mont., 1882-1893 - Daily Yellowstone journal.
  • Miles City, Mont., 1893-1901 - The Yellowstone journal.
  • Missoula, Mont., 1904-1961 - The Daily Missoulian.
  • Neihart, Mont., 1890-1901 - The Neihart herald.
  • Philipsburg, Mont., 1887-current - The Philipsburg mail.
  • Plentywood, Mont., 1918-1937 - The producers news.
  • Red Lodge, Mont., 1889-1907 - Red Lodge picket.
  • Ronan, Mont., 1910-1970 - The Ronan pioneer.
  • Roundup, Mont., 1908-1929 - The roundup record.
  • Stevensville, Mont., 1890-1977 - The Western news.
  • Stevensville, Mont., 1894-1899 - The Ravalli Republican.
  • Sun River, Mont., 1884-1885 - Sun River sun.
  • Virginia City, Mont., 1873-1915 - The Madisonian.
  • Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.], 1864-1869 - The Montana post.
  • Whitefish, Mont., 1904-current - The Whitefish pilot.
  • Wibaux, Mont., 1907-1919 - The Wibaux pioneer.

Google News Archive
  • Basin - The Basin Progress
  • Basin - The Basin Progress and Mining Review
  • Belgrade - Gallatin County Journal
  • Belgrade - The Belgrade Journal
  • Big Timber - Big Timber Pioneer
  • Big Timber - Big Timber Express
  • Bigfork - Flathead County News
  • Billings - Yellowstone Valley Recorder
  • Boulder - The Age-Sentinel
  • Bozeman - The High Country
  • Browning - Glacier County Chief
  • Butte - The Montana Catholic
  • Butte - The Butte Bystander
  • Butte - The Tribune-Review
  • Butte - Montana State Journal
  • Butte - The Labor World
  • Castle - The Whole Truth
  • Chester - Chester Signal
  • Chester - The Newspaper of Chester
  • Choteau - Teton Chronicle
  • Circle - Mccone County Pioneer
  • Columbia Falls - The Columbian
  • Columbus - Stillwater County Democrat
  • Columbus - The Express
  • Columbus - The Stillwater Bulletin
  • Concord - The Concord Tribune
  • Darby - The Darby Sentinel
  • Dayton - The Dayton Leader
  • Deer Lodge - Silver State Post
  • Dupuyer - The Dupuyer Acantha
  • Forsyth - Forsyth Journal
  • Galata - The Galata Journal
  • Gardiner - Wonderland
  • Gebo - Carbon County Sentinel
  • Gilman - The Times-Optimist
  • Glasgow - North Montana Review
  • Great Falls - Great Falls Pennant
  • Hamilton - The Ravalli County Democrat
  • Hardin - The Big Horn Searchlight
  • Harlowton - Musselshell News
  • Havre - The Havre Plaindealer
  • Havre - The Havre Herald
  • Hedgesville - Hedges Herald
  • Helena - The Montana Mining Review
  • Helena - The Montana Plaindealer
  • Helena - Montana News
  • Helena - The Montana Progressive
  • Helena - The Helena Message
  • Ingomar - The Ingomar Index
  • Kalispell - The Kalispell Graphic
  • Kalispell - The Kalispell Bee
  • Kalispell - Flathead Herald-Journal
  • Kalispell - The Kalispell Journal
  • Kendall - The Kendall Miner
  • Lame Deer - A'tome
  • Lewistown - The Lewistown Democrat
  • Libby - The Weekly Montanian
  • Lincoln - Blackfoot Valley Dispatch
  • Livingston - Livingston Herald
  • Malta - Phillips County News
  • Marysville - The Mountaineer
  • Miles City - Miles City Independent
  • Miles City - The Independent
  • Miles City - The Yellowstone Journal
  • Miles City - The Daily Yellowstone Journal
  • Missoula - Edwards Fruit Grower and Farmer
  • Missoula - Morning Missoulian
  • Missoula - Daily Democrat-Messenger
  • Missoula - Weekly Missoulian
  • Missoula - Democrat-Messenger
  • Missoula - Edwards' Fruit Grower & Farmer
  • Missoula - Missoula Weekly Gazette
  • Missoula - The Missoula Herald
  • Missoula - Missoula Gazette
  • Mondak - The Yellowstone News
  • Moore - The Inland Empire
  • Neihart - The Neihart Miner
  • Neihart - Neihart Herald
  • Philipsburg - Philipsburg Mail
  • Philipsburg - The Citizens Call
  • Pony - The Pony Sentinel
  • Pony - The Pony Dispatch and Express
  • Quigley - Rock Creek Record
  • Red Lodge - Carbon County News
  • Roundup - Roundup Record-Tribune & Winnett Times
  • Shelby - The Shelby News
  • Sheridan - The Sheridan Enterprise
  • Superior - The Mineral County Press
  • Sidney - Sidney Herald
  • Three Forks - Three Forks News
  • Troy - The Troy Tribune
  • Twin Bridges - Madison County Monitor
  • Virginia City - Southwestern View
  • Winston - The Winston Prospector

Montana Newspapers
  • Baker, Mont., 1909-1925 - Baker Sentinel 
  • Baker, Mont., 1915-1916 - The Fallonite 
  • Baker, Mont., 1916-current - Fallon County Times 
  • Baker, Mont., 1925-1926 - The Advocate 
  • Big Sandy, Mont., 1911-1921 - The Bear Paw Mountaineer 
  • Big Sandy, Mont., 1921-current - The Mountaineer
  • Big Timber, Mont., 1890-1975 - Big Timber Pioneer 
  • Big Timber, Mont., 1975-1982 - The Pioneer 
  • Big Timber, Mont., 1983-current - The Big Timber Pioneer 
  • Billings, Mont., 1930-1943 - The Rimrock Echo 
  • Billings, Mont., 1945-1946 - Eastern State 
  • Billings, Mont., 1949-1949 - You Name It 
  • Billings, Mont., 1949-1959 - Emcoe 
  • Billings, Mont., 1953-1953 - The Yellow Jacket 
  • Billings, Mont., 1954-1954 - Semcoe 
  • Billings, Mont., 1955-1955 - The Buzzer 
  • Billings, Mont., 1955-2014 - The Retort 
  • Billings, Mont., 1964-1964 - Eastern Highlights 
  • Billings, Mont., 1970-1970 - Pulp 
  • Butte, Mont., 18??-1928 - The Butte Miner 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1885-1889 - The Choteau Calumet 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1890-1901 - The Montanian 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1897-1901 - Teton Chronicle 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1901-1903 - The Montanian and Chronicle 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1904-current - The Choteau Acantha 
  • Choteau, Mont., 1913-1925 - The Choteau Montanan 
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1891-1897 - The Columbian 
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1903-1905 - Hendricks' Columbian 
  • Columbia Falls, Mont., 1905-1925 - The Columbian 
  • Dillon, Mont, 1949-2009 - Wescolite 
  • Dillon, Mont, 1985-1985 - The Summer Script 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1881-1941 - The Dillon Tribune 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1891-1962 - The Dillon Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1906-1918 - The Monmal 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1926-1949 - The Montanomal 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1941-1962 - The Dillon Daily Tribune 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1962-1971 - The Dillon Daily Tribune-Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1971-1973 - Daily Tribune-Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1973-1982 - Tribune-Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1982-1989 - Dillon Tribune Examiner 
  • Dillon, Mont., 1989-current - Dillon Tribune 
  • Dillon, Mont., 2002-2004 - The Western Wire 
  • Dixon, Mont., 1971-1985 - Char-Koosta 
  • Eureka, Mont., 1940-1943 - Ksanka Annex 
  • Eureka, Mont., 1946-1968 - Evergreen 
  • Fort Benton, Mont., 1880-current - The River Press 
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1888-1900 - The Great Falls Leader 
  • Great Falls, Mont., 1900-1909 - Great Falls Evening Leader 
  • Hardin, Mont., 1908-1925 - The Hardin Tribune 
  • Hardin, Mont., 1925-1973 - The Hardin Tribune-Herald 
  • Helena, Mont., 1912-1916 - Mount Saint Charles Scholastic 
  • Helena, Mont., 1916-2015 - The Prospector 
  • Helena, Mont., 1975-1977 - Tumbleweed 
  • Ismay, Mont., 1908-1910 - The Ismay 
  • Ismay, Mont., 1910-1933 - The Ismay Journal 
  • Jackson, Mont., 1898-1915 - Big Hole Breezes 
  • Kendall, Mont., 1902-190? - Kendall Chronicle 
  • Kendall, Mont., 1905-191? - The Kendall Miner 
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1886-1946 - Fergus County Argus 
  • Lewistown, Mont., 1904-1919 - Fergus County Democrat 
  • Miles City, Mont., 1883-1884 - The Daily Rustler 
  • Missoula, Montana, 1964-current - The Hellgate Lance 
  • Moore, Mont., 1905-1915 - The Inland Empire 
  • Moore, Mont., 1915-1931 - The Moore Independent 
  • Pablo, Mont., 1985-current - Char-Koosta News 
  • Plains, Mont., 1906-1924 - Sanders County Signal 
  • Plains, Mont., 1909-1910 - Sanders County Democrat 
  • Polson, Mont., 1909-1911 - The Lake Shore Sentinel 
  • Polson, Mont., 1910-current - The Flathead Courier 
  • Poplar, Mont., 1963-1966 - Eyapi Oaye 
  • Poplar, Mont., 1970-1974 - Wotanin 
  • Poplar, Mont., 1975-2007 - Wotanin Wowapi 
  • Ronan?, Mont., 1956-19?? - Char-Koosta 
  • Roundup, Mont., 1908-1929 - The Roundup Record 
  • Saco, Mont., 19??-1971 - The Saco Independent 
  • Superior, Mont., 1915-current - The Mineral Independent 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1894-1897 - Weekly Montanian 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1905-1918 - The Sanders County Ledger 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1918-1959 - The Sanders County Independent-Ledger 
  • Thompson Falls, Mont., 1959-current - Sanders County Ledger 
  • Winifred, Mont., 1913-19?? - The Winifred Times 
  • Wisdom, Mont., 1912-1925 - Big Hole Basin News 
  • Zortman, Mont., 1907-19?? - Little Rockies Miner 

Montana Memory Project - Newspapers
  • Big Horn County Obituaries
  • Big Timber Pioneer
  • Char-Koosta News
  • Fort Peck Reservation
  • Liberty County Obituaries
  • Lincoln County Newspapers
  • Little Rockies Miner
  • Polson's Early Newspapers
  • The Prospector
  • Saco Independent
  • UM Western Newspapers
  • The Eye Opener 
  • Wotanin Wowapi
  • Poplar Shopper
  • Poplar Standard

Beaverhead County, Montana Newspapers 
  • Big Hole Basin News 1912-1925 
  • Big Hole Breezes 1898-1915  
  • Daily Tribune-Examiner 1971-1973
  • Dillon Tribune Examiner 1982-current 
  • Dillon Daily Tribune 1941-1962 
  • Dillon Daily Tribune-Examiner 1962-1971 
  • Dillon Examiner 1891-1962 
  • Dillon Tribune 1881-1941 
  • Tribune-Examiner 1973-1982

Fallon County Newspapers
  • Baker Sentinel 1909-1925
  • Fallon County Times 1916-current
  • The Fallonite 1915-1916
  • Ismay 1908-1910
  • Ismay Journal 1910-1933 

MSU Billings Student Newspapers 
  • Eastern Highlights 1964-1964 
  • Eastern State 1945-1946 
  • Emcoe 1949-1959 
  • Pulp 1970-1970 
  • Semcoe 1954-1954 
  • The Buzzer 1955-1955 
  • The Retort 1955-2014 
  • The Rimrock Echo 1930-1943 
  • The Yellow Jacket 1953-1953 
  • You Name It 1949-1949 

Teton County Newspapers
  • The Choteau Acantha 1904-current 
  • The Choteau Calumet 1885-1889 
  • The Choteau Montanan 1913-1925 
  • The Montanian 1890-1901 
  • Teton Chronicle 1897-1901

UM Western Newspapers 
  • The Monmal 1906-1918 
  • The Montanomal 1926-1949 
  • The Western Wire 2002-2004 
  • Wescolite 2004-2009 

County and Library Collections
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  • Daily News 
  • Havre Daily News 
  • Havre Daily News 
  • Hill County Sunday Journal 

Havre Hill Obituaries
  • Havre Hill Times

Bozeman and Great Falls Newspaper Index (Index only)

Small Town Papers
  • Blackfoot Valley Dispatch Lincoln, Montana
  • The Mountaineer Big Sandy, Montana
  • Philipsburg Mail Philipsburg, Montana
  • Phillips County News Malta, Montana
  • Roundup Record Tribune & Winnett Times Roundup, Montana
  • Sidney Herald Sidney, Montana
  • Silver State Post Deer Lodge, Montana

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