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

HARDCOPY HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

Hardcopy newspapers are also still available at the museum and include: 
  • Clinton County Journal 3/29/1859 to 9/17/1859
  • DeWitt Standard 12/1/1858 to 11/23/1859 & 7/22/1864 to 2/16/1870
  • ​DeWitt Observer 7/15/1864 to 12/20/1895, 1/6/1921 to 3/23/1922 & 1/1/1926 to 12/30/2019
  • Grand Mound Herald 5/20/1884 to 1/13/1885