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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Sun River.

Our newspaper information for Sun River is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 3 papers that were published in the immediate area of Sun River. In addition, the list contains another 57 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Sun River. In total, we've identified 60 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Sun River.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sun River.  

Newspapers Published In Sun River ...

We know of 3 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Sun River:

  • Sun River Sun (from 1884)
  • Sun River Sun (from 1884)
    • Years of publication:  1884 to 1885
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card:   Sun River Sun
    • Holdings:   LCCN SN86075197
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13650907
    • ISSN Number:   2332-9785
  • The Rising Sun (from 1885)

Newspapers Neighboring Sun River ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Sun River.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Sun River.

  • Published In Vaughn  ...
  • Published In Fairfield [Teton County] ...
  • Published In Cascade  ...
  • Published In Black Eagle  ...
  • Published In Great Falls  ...
    • We know of 44 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Great Falls. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Great Falls
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Sun River. This extended list includes all the papers from Great Falls. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Sun River
  • Published In Dutton [Teton County] ...
  • Published In Choteau [Teton County] ...
  • Published In Gilman [Lewis and Clark County] ...
    • Gilman Optimist (from 1913)
    • The Times-Optimist (from 1918)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sun River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sun River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5335, Longitude: -111.7210       In this case, the coordinates for Sun River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).