| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION and publishers todayHerald can in fact trace its ancestry to Provofirst paper The original Daily Times became the Utah County Advertiser then the Utah County Enquirer the Territorial Enquirer and the Utah Enquirer before emerging on November 30 1889 as the Daily Enquirer It suffered through not infrequent competitive challenges perilous financial times and several management changes before becoming the property of brothers Heber and Nephi Hicks on March 1907 It was then published fortime assemi-weekly and in 1920 was renamed the Post Meanwhile the other ancestor of the Herald the Utah County Democrat began life on August 31 1898 The crat was renamed the Herald on March 1909 and semi-weekly frequency It too went through serious problems and variations of ownership before becoming on April 17 1922 On July 1924 the Daily Herald Demobegan moneydaily acquired the competing Post and on September 14 1926 the merged firm was sold to the Scripps-Canfield Newspaper Group For nearly 70 subsequent years under that groupguidance it was Provosole daily paper Then on July 1996 it was purchased by Pulitzer Publishing Company of St Louis more complete history of the Herald will be found in Chapter John Graham first manager of the Enquirer Nephi Hicks of the Post and Ernest Rasmuson of the Daily Herald are all commemorated in the Hall of Fame In summation Utahcurrent publications with the longest history assemble in this order headed by three dailies Salt Lake CityDeseret News and The Tribune then ProvoDaily Herald the Park Record LoganHerald-Journal the Richfield Reaper OgdenStandard-Examiner the Wasatch Wave the Mt Pleasant Pyramid VernalExpress the Sun-Advocate of Price the Davis County Clipper the Lehi Free Press SpringvilleHerald the Enterprise of Ephraim the Summit County Bee and the Manti Messenger 50 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
