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The Rapid City Journal began on January 5, 1878, as the Black Hills Journal. Publisher Joseph P. Gossage produced the first edition of the Black Hills Journal, which was four pages and had 250 subscribers. Printed in a log cabin on Rapid Street, the first newspaper was laboriously cranked out on a Washington hand printing press.
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The Sioux City Journal was founded as a weekly newspaper on August 20, 1864 by Samuel Tait Davis (1828–1900) and others who wanted a strong local voice for the Union Party and the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. Serving as the first editor, Davis continued until after the election, ensuring a pro-Lincoln perspective.
Forum Communications Company is an American multimedia and technology company headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota.With multiple online and print news brands throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, Forum Communications offers local news in a variety of digital and broadcast mediums in addition to various niche media brands covering specialty interests.
Rhoda Alice Gossage (née Bower; November 4, 1861 – June 9, 1929) was an American newspaper editor, journalist, and activist.Often referred to as the "Mother of Rapid City", [1] she was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1934 and the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 1978.
From 1910 to 1922, a city commission government was used. Later that year, the system of government was changed to council–manager. Rapid City returned to a mayor–council government in 1957. [4] The Rapid City Council chose to extend the mayoral term to four years in 2015, and the change took effect in 2019. [5]
The Rapid City Historic Commercial District, sometimes called the Rapid City Downtown Historic District, is a 21-acre (8.5 ha), multi-block historic district in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. It includes 47 commercial buildings dating from the late 19th to early 20th centuries that formed the core of Rapid City's early economy.
Since its debut, the news department has covered every major event in Sioux City, including the 1953 flood of the Floyd River, the 1990 Perry Creek flood, the 1978 closing of the Zenith assembly plant, the 1993 closing of the General Motors AC Rochester division plant, [12] the 2001 Adam Moss homicides, [13] the 2010 closing of the John Morrell ...