the State Historical Society of Missouri
Emily Troxell Jaycox is the former head librarian of the Missouri Historical Society.
Of all the ethnic groups to settle in Missouri, none embraced the press more vigorously than the Germans.…
Emily Troxell Jaycox is the former head librarian of the Missouri Historical Society.
![The editorial room of the Westliche Post, circa 1870. The paper’s prominent figures included Carl Schurz (fourth from left, seated at table), Emil Preetorius (sixth from left), and Joseph Pulitzer (not pictured). [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N01710]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/1.-german-press-in-missouri.jpg?itok=kREz9J2X "The editorial room of the Westliche Post, circa 1870. The paper’s prominent figures included Carl Schurz (fourth from left, seated at table), Emil Preetorius (sixth from left), and Joseph Pulitzer (not pictured). [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N01710]")
Of all the ethnic groups to settle in Missouri, none embraced the press more vigorously than the Germans.…