Map 4, A portion of the United States showing the number and classes of newspapers and periodicals published in each country in the census year, 1880

This map details the number and type (by frequency of publication) of newspapers and periodicals published in each county in 1880. On this map, Rice County is marked with a solid blue circle, a solid yellow triangle, and a yellow donut-shape, indicating that between three to ten weekly papers, one domestic periodical, and one foreign weekly were published in the county.

Map of US
The Newspaper and Periodical Press, by S.N.D. North
Alaska: Its population, industries, and resources, by Ivan Petroff
The Seal Islands of Alaska, by Henry W. Elliott.
Ship-building industry in the United States, by Henry Hall
Department of the Interior, Census Office
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884
Gould Library Government Documents