America’s first Finnish newspaper was the “Amerikan Suomalainen Lehti,” published by A. J. Muikku in Hancock on 14 April 1876. It was printed at the northwest corner of Quincy and Reservation Streets at the offices of the North Western Mining Journal because they had a press with the letters ä and ö. Its existence was short-lived: only 11½ issues were printed, only about 300 people subscribed, and Muikku died in 1877.