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Newspaper The Ekalaka Eagle (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920

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About The Ekalaka Eagle (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920

Oscar Dahl began publishing the five-column, eight-page weekly, the Ekalaka [Montana] Eagle on January 1, 1909, and continued doing so until he sold the newspaper to Tom and Gladys Taylor in 1946. Shortly after opening, a fire destroyed part of the newspaper office, but that did not deter the publisher. The Eagle is the oldest newspaper in Carter County, Montana, and in fact the oldest business in Ekalaka. The publisher Dahl started with South Dakota newspapers, working at age ten as a “printer’s devil” and later as a pressman and editor.

During World War I, the Ekalaka Eagle lobbied for the Red Cross and against the “Kaiser.” To cater to the many immigrants in the region, the newspaper ran a weekly column featuring important news from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark entitled, “In the Scandinavian North.” Ekalaka became the seat of Carter County in 1917 and served the commercial needs of far-flung cattle and sheep ranches. To accommodate local ranchers, the Eagle published a two-column feature each week with pictures of local cattle brands.

Provided By: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Ekalaka Eagle (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920

Dates of Publication

  • 1909-1920

Created / Published

  • Ekalaka, Mont. : O.A. Dahl, 1909-1920.

Headings

  • -  Ekalaka (Mont.)--Newspapers
  • -  Montana--Ekalaka
  • -  United States--Montana--Carter--Ekalaka

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1, 1909)-v. 12, no. 26 (June 25, 1920).
  • -  "Independent in politics," 1912-1913; "a Democratic weekly," 1914-1920.
  • -  "The official paper of Fallon County," Dec. 19, 1913-Dec. 31, 1915; "the official newspaper of Carter County," May 24, 1918-.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Beaver Valley press
  • -  Ekalaka eagle and Beaver Valley press (DLC)sn 85053091 (OCoLC)11887663

Medium

  • 12 volumes : illustrations ; 50-58 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn85053090

OCLC Number

  • 11887636

ISSN Number

  • 2378-8283

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The Ekalaka Eagle Ekalaka, Mont. -1920. (Ekalaka, MT), Jan. 1 1909. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn85053090/.

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(1909, January 1) The Ekalaka Eagle Ekalaka, Mont. -1920. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn85053090/.

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The Ekalaka Eagle Ekalaka, Mont. -1920. (Ekalaka, MT) 1 Jan. 1909. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn85053090/.