Cowlitz County, Washington Newspapers
United States 
Washington Cowlitz County Newspapers
Below is a sortable list of historical Cowlitz County, Washington Newspapers, compiled November, 2013. It provides: 1) links to online copies before 1950's; and libraries where hard copies can be found
The newspapers are listed by the area they served, so some may have been published in other counties or even out of state.
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Newspapers have increasingly come online starting in the late 1980's. See OnlineNewspapers.com, RefDesk.com, or do a Google search for Online Newspapers. |
Sortable Table
This key is a list of sites used when the list was originally compiled in November, 2013. As you find other early newspapers, please update the key as well as the sortable table.
| Code | Site name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| A.com | Ancestry.com | ($) |
| CA | Chronicling America | Select State, then County, and click Search. Click on a title, then on "Libraries that have it" |
| GB | Genealogy Bank | ($) Several types of search options |
| NA | Newspaper Archive | ($) Scroll down and click Browse by location. Under "United States," select "Washington" |
| NP.com | Newspapers.com | ($) Select Washington from dropdown list in "Location" search field |
| Own | The link is to the newspaper's own site | |
| SOS | Washington Secretary of State | |
| Town | Title of Newspaper | Years Published |
Libraries with copies | Online | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview | The daily news | 1923-current | CA | ||
| Woodland | Lewis River news [microform] | 1919-1977 | CA | ||
| Kalama | Kalama beacon | 1871-18?? | CA | ||
| Kalama | Kalama semi-weekly beacon | 1871-1871 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Kelsonian-tribune | 1939-1954 | CA | ||
| Kalama | Cowlitz county news [microform] | 1906-1926 | CA | ||
| Castle Rock | Cowlitz County advocate [microform] | 1906-???? | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Kelsonian-tribune [microform] | 1924-1927 | CA | ||
| Kelso | Daily Kelsonian-tribune [microform] | 1927-1929 | CA | ||
| Kelso | Daily tribune and Kelsonian [microform] | 1929-1934 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Daily Kelsonian-tribune [microform] | 1934-1939 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Kelsonian-tribune [microform] | 1939-1954 | CA | ||
| Woodland | The Lewis River news and Kalama bulletin [microform] | 1977-???? | CA | ||
| Kalama | The Kalama bulletin [microform] | 1890-1977 | CA | ||
| Kalama | Cowlitz's advocate | 1886-1905 | CA | ||
| Castle Rock | Cowlitz County advocate | 1906-current | CA | ||
| Kalama | Cowlitz County press | 1896-1902 | CA | ||
| Kalama | Cowlitz bulletin | 1889-1890 | CA | ||
| Kalama | The Kalama bulletin | 1890-1977 | CA | ||
| Woodland | The Lewis River news and Kalama bulletin | 1977-current | CA | ||
| Woodland | Lewis River news | 1919-1977 | CA | ||
| Castle Rock | The leader | 1903-1911 | CA | ||
| Castle Rock | The independent | 1910-1919 | CA | ||
| Kalama | Investigator | 189?-1??? | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Kelso courier | 1888-1889 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The weekly courier | 1889-1890 | CA | ||
| Kelso | People's weekly courier | 1892-1893 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Cowlitz Valley journal | 1894-1906 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Kelso journal | 1906-1912 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The tribune | 1923-1924 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Twice a week Kelsonian | 1906-1924 | CA | ||
| Kelso | Kelsonian | 1906-1906 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Daily Kelsonian-tribune | 1934-1939 | CA | ||
| Kelso | Daily tribune and Kelsonian | 1929-1934 | CA | ||
| Woodland | The Woodland echo | 1907-1913 | CA | ||
| Kelso | Daily Kelsonian-tribune | 1927-1929 | CA | ||
| Kelso | The Kelsonian-tribune | 1924-1927 | CA | ||
| Kelso | Kelso weekly courier | 1890-1892 | CA | ||
| Longview | The Longview herald | 1928-1929 | CA | ||
| Kalama | Cowlitz county news | 1906-1926 | CA | ||
Sources Used
This list was first generated (October 2013) from:
- Chronicling America's "US Newspaper Directory, 1690–present", accessed October 2013.
- Washington Secretary of State, accessed October 2013.
- University of Washington