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The first newspaper in Roseau and Roseau County was the Roseau Region . It was started by Andrew J. Clark (not C. Clark) on August 23, 1892. Andrew J. Clark owned the Region for almost three years. He did not sell the paper to Medicraft. There were several other owners in between Clark and Medicraft. A. J. Clark was known as the “Old Man of the Tabernacle”.

Roseau and Roseau County’s second newspaper began three years later. It was the Roseau County Times and was started by R. J. Bell on July 26, 1895.

The first issue Badger Herald was published in January 1896.

The first issue of the Rustler was published on May 1898 in Roseau and was was edited by Charles A. Lindsay and owned by Durgin & Jensen. After a few months Durgin assumed responsibility. George W. Thompson took over the paper in April/May 1899. The Rustler was moved to Badger in August 1899. Harold Sanders/Sanders Brothers consolidated the Herald and the Rustler in September 1899.

The Plaindealer/Pioneer was begun in Roseau by W. H. Book in September 1897. W. H. Book and Harold Sanders moved the paper to Warroad in May 1899.

An interesting side note -in 1898 Roseau had four newspapers -the Region, the Times, the Plaindealer, and the Rustler. In 1899 two papers were left, the Plaindealer which went east and the Rustler that went west.

The Greenbush Journal was started in January 1901 by Harry E. Sanders (not Harold). Harold J. Sanders worked for his brother in 1901 and bought the paper from Harry in 1902. The paper changed hands between the brothers a couple of times.

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Moranville: Moranville was organized on Jan 4, 1899 not 1892, in 1892 it was part of Beltrami county and was not open for settlement.

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On Sept. 15, 1905 C. A. Pearson started a paper in Malung called the County Press which was published by A.M. Pearson and lasted for 15 months. Not - in 1892 A.M. Pearson started publishing Roseau County Press which lasted for 3 years.

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Ben and Christine (Vik) Setran - Mrs Ben Setran’s parents, Sjur and Ingri Vik emigrated from Vik on Sogneford, Norway. Not – Mrs. Ben Setran’s parents Srur and Ingri Vik emigrated from Vik on Sogneford, Norway.