In 1879, Louis J. Liesemer founded Die Washtenaw Post, a German newspaper circulating mainly on the West Side and in Western Washtenaw County. In 1894, he regretfully brought the paper to an end. Young people preferred the English papers, and, consequently, the advertisers did too. People made fun of the mixed language spoken by those assimilating to English: "Die cow hat über der fence gejumped, und hat alle die cabbages abge-eaten" (from Herter and Stollsteimer, 2009, 26).
Washtenaw Post began publishing on Oct. 3, 1879 by Louis J. Liesemer. It was in German. It ceased circa 1894 and was continued by Neue Washtenaw Post.
