| Show THE TERRITORY EARLIEST NEWSPAPERS County News at that time producing it in the Bee plant The Coalville paper was sold in 1927 to and Perry and the Wallace publishing team moved shortly thereafter to the Murray Eagle The Bee remained in the Perry family until June 1951 when George Ferguson purchased it from Walter Perry Ferguson had cut his weekly newspaper teeth on the Vernal Express and later was connected with the suburban South East Independent and the Murray Eagle before joining the Deseret News staff where he retired as Business Editor The Bee was acquired in 1954 by Ted and Pat Heal co-publishers of the Murray Eagle and soon thereafter on August 14 1954 was sold to Albert and Virginia Epperson of Morgan They had bought the Morgan newspaper eight years earlier Exactlyyear afterward on August 14 1955 Albert sufferedfatal heart attack and his widow was then the publisher until selling to Howard Mac and Louise McConaughy transplanted Nebraskans on January 1956 In May 1974 the McConaughyson Bud assumed publishing duties continuing until the paper was sold to Richard and Susan Buys of the Wasatch Wave on October1976 Albert Al Epperson who but for his untimely death would have become the first Utahn to serve as president of National Editorial Association is commemorated in the Newspaper Hall of Fame Vernal Express This Uintah Basin weekly iscontinuation afterchange of name of the Papoose begun January 1891 by Mrs Kate Jean Boan lady publisher in what was stillfrontier area was needless to say most unusual The wife of Amos Boan onetime rancher then storekeeper she was 32 years of age and had gained journalistic experience on the Salt Lake Tribune staff Afteryear she sold the Papoose and within 45 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
