| Show THE TERRITORY EARLIEST NEWSPAPERS tion Lewiston Loa Mammoth Marysvale Mercur Monroe Myton Ophir Parowan Randolph Robinson Silver City Silver Reef Smithfield Stockton and Trenton Many founders of Utah newspapers selected more or less routine names for their publications Some others though were more imaginative and conceived one-of-a-kind mastheads Therea numerical tie for the most popular name among the statepapers News and Times have each been chosen by 31 founders In both instances hyphenated banners evolved Times was blended with Reporter in Manti with Independent in Moab and with News in Nephi News was also joined with Journal in Brigham City Express in Layton Advocate in Price and Letter in Moroni Second but distantly in name-selection were Record and Star at 14 Herald appeared 13 times and was linked to Journal Republican and Beacon Press was also chosen by 13 founders Advocate and Sentinel by 10 and Sun Journal Independent and Enterprise by nine Thirty six papers were given names that werenduplicat ed Many were short-lived The singles include LoaAdvice the Ogden Amateur Brigham CityBugler the Censor of Richfield and the Chief of Eureka And in addition the Kamas Courant published from 1912 to 1920 by Rand the Provo Engquirer Nephi Ensign and Vernal Express While itunderstandable that the full name of the Deseret News has no counterpart itsurprising Salt Lake City other major daily The Tribune has not been copied Ogden once hadFreeman MarysvaleFree Lance and PaysonHeader Only in American Fork was therepaper named the Item The same was true of OgdenJunction the Lone Cedar of Kanab the Monitor in Milford and the Moun taineer one-time Salt Lake City weekly Vernal saw the start of the Papoose Park City the Patriot Payson the Paysonian and Mount Pleasant the Pyramid Early Brigham City papers included the Report Nephi hadRepublic and RandolphRound-up TooeleTranscript had no duplicate though the other half of its modern-day masthead the Bulletin was used by six newsmen of the past 29 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
