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The Pepin Independent was a newspaper based in Pepin, Wisconsin. The newspaper was first issued on April 16th, 1858 and was discontinued October 4th, 1859. The paper primarily served Pepin, Wisconsin and other surrounding areas including Lakeport, Wisonsin and Stockholm, Wisconsin. The primary publishers and editors during the newspapers runtime were C. W Wheaton & N. E. Stevens.

History
The Pepin Independent was a continuation of the North Pepin Independent, which began in 1857. The Pepin Independent only ran for a little over a year before going out of business. Pepin County, Wisconsin is the smallest county in Wisconsin by land area with just 249 square miles. The newspaper was filled with content that served the community. This included advertisements for local businesses, news, poems, obituaries, interviews and more. The newspaper was published every Tuesday and distributed throughout the county. The rates for businesses to advertise in the newspaper were:
 * One column per year $60
 * Half column per year $35
 * Quarter column per year $20
 * One square per year $10

Content
The Pepin Independent averaged four pages long in length and was published weekly by C. W Wheaton & N. E. Stevens. The front page of the paper primarily consisted of local business cards, breaking news and local election results. Page two of the Pepin Independent was were the majority of the articles were published, they were written by community members from the local area. A lot of the articles published in the newspaper were political and covered politics from surrounding states like Illinois & Iowa. Page three of the paper was again articles and also where the majority of the advertising was located. The largest advertisement that was consistently in the Pepin Independent was for Pepins local goods store. There were also local wanted ads and for sale ads from the community. Page four of the newspaper consisted of the remaining advertisements as well as opinion pieces from contributors of the paper. The Pepin Independent political affiliation was with the Republican Party. They often posted opinion pieces regarding local and state politics.

Contributers

 * Editors: C. W Wheaton & N. E. Stevens
 * Publishers: C. W Wheaton & N. E. Stevens
 * Writers: Daniel Hest, J. H. Baker, W. M Windom, E. W. Gurley, T. H. Perkins