TheMilwaukee Advertiser was the first newspaper published inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, and the third newspaper to be published in the state.

TheMilwaukee Advertiser began publication inMilwaukee,Wisconsin, in 1836 as a vehicle to discuss land development. It was the third newspaper in the state and the first outside ofGreen Bay. Coverage of projects such as theRock River Canal led to the paper becoming involved in politics andByron Kilbourn, a promoter of Milwaukee. Kilbourn feuded withSolomon Juneau, who founded theMilwaukee Sentinel in 1837 to compete with theAdvertiser.^[1]

TheMilwaukee Advertiser became theMilwaukee Courier in 1841.^[2]

• Defunct newspapers published in Wisconsin
• History of Milwaukee
• Newspapers established in 1836

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