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[Block 5E]

A log house on this block was the site of the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi River, by Joseph Charless in 1808. The paper was called the Missouri Gazette.

 


Missouri Gazette, vol. 1, no. x, 26 July 1808. First surviving issue of the newspaper established by Joseph Charless
Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society