Newspaper Histories
Click on "Read history" to learn more about each title's publication history, the people involved, and general information reported.
| Title | Publisher Location | Years of Publication | DLNP Date Range | Read History |
| Abbeville Progress | Abbeville | 1913-1944 | 1913-1921 | Read history |
| The Banner-Democrat | Lake Providence | 1892-current | 1892-1922 | Read history |
| The Bienville Democrat | Arcadia | 1912-1980 | 1919-1922 | Read history |
| Bogalusa Enterprise | Bogalusa | 1914-1918 | 1916-1915 | Read history |
| The Caldwell Watchman | Columbia | 1885-1946 | 1894-1916 | Read history |
| The Carrollton Sun | Carrollton | 185?-1??? | 1860-1861 | Read history |
| The Caucasian | Shreveport | 1900-1923 | 1900-1922 | Coming Soon |
| Claiborne Guardian | Homer | 1877-188? | 1877-1883 | Read history |
| Colfax Chronicle | Colfax | 1876-1877; 1877-1981 | 1876-1877; 1877-1922 | Read history |
| Comrade | Winnfield | 1890-1914 | 1894, 1910-1911 | Read history |
| Concordia Eagle | Vidalia | 1873-1890 | 1875-1885 | Read history |
| Concordia Sentinel | Vidalia | 1882-current | 1911-1921 | Read history |
| Constitutional | Alexandria | 1860-1861 | 1860-1861 | Read history |
| Daily Gazette and Comet | Baton Rouge | 1856-186? | 1860 | Read history |
| Daily Telegraph | Monroe | 1870-18?? | 1870-1886 | Read history |
| The Donaldsonville Chief | Donaldsonville | 1871-current | 1871-1922 | Read history |
| The Era-leader | Franklinton | 1910-current | 1914-1921 | Read history |
| The Feliciana Democrat | St. Francisville | 1877-1892 | 1877-1892 | Read history |
| Feliciana Sentinel | St. Francisville | 1877-1892 | 1877-1892 | Read history |
| Gazette and Sentinel | Plaquemine | 1858-1863 | 1860-1861 | Read history |
| The Herald | New Orleans; Algiers | 1905-1953 | 1911-1922 | Read history |
| Homer Guardian | Homer | 1888-1890 | 1888-1890 | Read history |
| Houma Ceres | Houma | 1855-18?? | 1855-1858 | Read history |
| The Jennings Daily Record | Jennings | 1900-1903 | 1901-1902 | Read history |
| The Lafayette Advertiser | Lafayette | 1865-19?? | 1869-1914 | Read history |
| The Lafayette Gazette | Lafayette | 1893-1921 | 1893-1903 | Read history |
| Louisiana Capitolian | Baton Rouge | 1879-1881 | 1879-1881 | Read history |
| Louisiana Democrat | Alexandria | 1845-1918 | 1859-1897 | Read history |
| The Louisiana Populist | Natchitoches | 1894-1898 | 1894-1898 | Read history |
| Louisianian | New Orleans | 1870-1871 | 1870-1871 | Read history |
| Lower Coast Gazette | Pointe-a-la-Hache | 1909-1925 | 1909-1914 | Read history |
| Lumberjack | Alexandria | 1913 | 1913 | Read history |
| Madison Journal | Tallulah | 1888-current | 1889-1921 | Read history |
| Madison Times | Tallulah | 1884-1??? | 1884-1888 | Read history |
| The Meridional | Abbeville | 1856-1906 | 1877-1906 | Coming Soon |
| Le Meschacébé | Lucy | 1853-1942 | 1854-1922 | Coming Soon |
| Le Messager | Bringier | 1846-1860 | 1851-1855 | Coming Soon |
| The Morning Star and Catholic Messenger | New Orleans | 1868-1881 | 1868-1877 | Read history |
| Natchitoches Populist | Natchitoches | 1898-1899 | 1898-1899 | Coming Soon |
| Natchitoches Spectator | Natchitoches | 1867-18?? | 1867-1868 | Read history |
| The New Orleans Crescent | New Orleans | 1866-1869 | 1866-1869 | Read history |
| New Orleans Daily Crescent | New Orleans | 1851-1866 | 1851-1866 | Coming Soon |
| The New Orleans Daily Democrat | New Orleans | 1877-1880 | 1877-1880 | Coming Soon |
| The Opelousas Courier | Opelousas | 1852-1910 | 1852-1910 | Coming Soon |
| Ouachita Telegraph | Monroe | 1865-1889 | 1869-1889 | Read history |
| El Pelayo | New Orleans | 1851-???? | 1851 | Coming Soon |
| People's Vindicator | Natchitoches | 1874-1883 | 1874-1881 | Read history |
| Pioneer of Assumption | Napoleonville | 185?-1895 | 1877-1895 | Coming Soon |
| Planters' Banner | Franklin | 1849-1872 | 1849-1871 | Coming Soon |
| Progress | Shreveport | 1892-1900 | 1894-1898 | Read history |
| Rapides Gazette | Alexandria | 1869-187? | 1871-1873 | Read history |
| The Rice Belt Journal | Welsh | 1900-19?? | 1900-1921 | Read history |
| Richland Beacon | Rayville | 1869-1890 | 1872-1889 | Read history |
| Semi-weekly Louisianian | New Orleans | 1871-1872 | 1871-1872 | Read history |
| The Semi-weekly Natchitoches Times | Natchitoches | 1865-1868 | 1866-1867 | Read history |
| Semi-weekly News | Shreveport | 1865 | 1865 | Read history |
| The Semi-weekly Shreveport News | Shreveport | 1862-1864 | 1862-1864 | Read history |
| Shreveport Daily News | Shreveport | 1861 | 1861 | Read history |
| Shreveport News | Shreveport | 1864-1865 | 1864-1865 | Read history |
| Shreveport Semi-Weekly News (1861) | Shreveport | 1861-1862 | 1861-1862 | Read history |
| Shreveport Semi-Weekly News (1865) | Shreveport | 1865-1866 | 1865-1866 | Read history |
| Shreveport Weekly News (1861) | Shreveport | 1861 | 1861 | Read history |
| Shreveport Weekly News (1862) | Shreveport | 1862-1863 | 1863 | Read history |
| Shreveport Weekly News (1866) | Shreveport | 1866 | 1866 | Read history |
| The Southern Sentinel | Winnfield | 1883-1909 | 1884-1909 | Read history |
| The South-Western | Shreveport | 1852-1870 | 1854-1870 | Coming Soon |
| St. Landry Clarion | Opelousas | 1890-1921 | 1890-1921 | Coming Soon |
| St. Tammany Farmer | Covington | 1874-current | 1878-1922 | Read history |
| Sugar Planter | Port Allen | 1856-1925 | 1856-1919 | Read history |
| Tensas Gazette | Saint Joseph | 1886-current | 1894-1922 | Read history |
| True American | New Orleans | 1835-18?? | 1836-1839 | Read history |
| True Democrat | Bayou Sara | 1892-1928 | 1896-1919 | Read history |
| Voice of the People | New Orleans | 1913-1914 | 1913-1914 | Read history |
| Weekly Messenger | St. Martinville | 1886-1948 | 1886-1919 | Read history |
| The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel | Thibodaux | 1898-1905 | 1900-1903 | Coming Soon |
| West Feliciana Sentinel | St. Francisville | 1876-1877 | 1877 | Read history |
| Woman's Enterprise | Baton Rouge | 1921-19?? | 1921-1922 | Read history |
