Newly digitized, the archives of The Dickinson Press are now fully digitized and available for perusal through Newspapers.com . Subscribers, history enthusiasts and those searching for genealogy data will be able to access almost every edition from the 142 years of the Press online in the site's comprehensive, easy-to-navigate database.

The very first issue of The Press was released on March 31, 1883. The left column of the front page reads, “The Dickinson Press is published every Saturday at Dickinson, [Dakota Territory]. It will be found a valuable medium through which to reach the farmers and stockmen in the surrounding country. The pioneer paper of Stark Co. it represents, the best farming and stock raising district west of the Missouri.”

Newspapers.com is an online news database owned by Ancestry. According to the website, it houses nearly 30,000 different publications and over 1 billion newspaper pages, with those of The Dickinson Press now among that number.

A popular use for The Dickinson Press archive is finding information about family members. Through Newspapers.com , one can easily search for old articles about ancestors and cataloged obituaries for loved ones. Additionally, it is an excellent source for both personal and academic research.

Newspapers.com requires a subscription to access, but visitors onsite at the Dickinson Area Public Library are able to access the archives at no additional charge.

Articles published during the most recent five months are only available online at thedickinsonpress.com, and many archived articles are still available to readers on the website.

The Press will also continue to republish archived content on a regular basis for those readers interested in the history of the paper and southwestern North Dakota.