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Online Historical Newspapers

DeWitt, Grand Mound, Calamus, Wheatland, Lost Nation, Charlotte, Maquoketa, Oxford, and several Clinton County newspapers are now available online in a digitized, searchable format thanks to Advantage Companies in Cedar Rapids. These newspapers, which in some cases date back to 1850, are searchable by keyword, name and date. Below are the newspapers available online.

  • Observer

  • The DeWitt Observer

  • The DeWitt Standard

  • The Grand Mound Herald

  • The Grand Mound Record

  • Grand Mound Messenger

  • The Lost Nation News

  • Lost Nation Chronicle

  • The Community Scoop

  • The Lost Nation Press

  • The Wheatland Gazette

  • Buxton’s Wheatland Gazette

  • The Charlotte Call

  • The Charlotte Web

  • Charlotte Record

  • Calamus Record

  • The Oxford Mirror

  • The Delmar Journal

  • The Spectator

  • The Maquoketa Excelsior

  • The Clinton County Journal

  • Clinton County Advocate

Hard Copy Historical Newspapers

Hardcopy newspapers are also still available at the museum and include: 
 

  • Clinton County Journal (March 29, 1859 - Sept. 17, 1859) 

  • DeWitt Standard (Dec. 1, 1858 - Nov. 23, 1859) & (July 22, 1864 - Feb. 16, 1870) 

  • DeWitt Observer (July 15, 1864 - Dec. 20, 1895), (Jan. 6, 1921 - March 23, 1922), & (Jan. 1, 1926 - Dec. 30, 2019)

  • Grand Mound Herald (May 20, 1884 - Jan. 13, 1885)

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