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Tribune Reporting Broke Ground 150 Years Ago

The dispatch took 22 hours and 15,000 words to report Custer’s defeat, and the Bismarck Tribune is marking its 150th anniversary.

This week marks the 150th anniversary of a feat of epic news reporting using a relatively new technology – the telegraph. It's a time to both reflect on the ways that reporting set new precedents and how responsible use of today's technology can aide modern news gathering. When word of Gen. George Armstrong Custer's death and defeat reached Bismarck, "Col. Clement A. Lounsberry...

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Cecile Wehrman: 150 years since a report from North Dakota shocked nation

Word of Custer’s defeat set in motion one of the longest, most grueling and expensive telegraph dispatches ever keyed.

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New Rockford Transcript broke the news in New Rockford, United States on Saturday, July 4, 2026.
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