The Richland County History Room in Richland Center has all the available Richland County newspapers on microfilm. They are duplicates of the collection at the Wisconsin Historical Society. I know they have an 1855 newspaper, but if that is the earliest, I don't know. Since the Wi Hist Soc has one of the largest newspaper collections in the country, it might be informative to browse through their collection. You may learn more about Richland County newspapers than you really wanted to know. There were several titles and then they merged at different times. I would recommend you check the holdings at, http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/index.html Hope that helps, Margaret Jordan <http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/index.html>