| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION lisher The Tandemise was described by Kenner in these terms Being unable to exude its virus as fast as the same was generated it passed away through congestion of the spleen unhonored unwept and unsung Its basis existed though until the troops at Camp Floyd were called for Civil War duty and the military post was abandoned Renamed The Mountaineer the paper was acquired August 27 1859 by co-publishers James Ferguson and Seth Blair Ferguson is described by contemporaries as fine writer and Blair one-time Texas Ranger would serve as the first United States District Attorney of Utah Territory Other newspapers gradually emerged in the Territory weekly the Union Vedette was launched to serve Camp later Fort Douglas on November 20 1863 It gained some general circulation becamedaily on January 1864 and was published until 1868 Another daily appeared on the scene on July 1864 Titled the Salt Lake City Daily Telegraph it was published by Thomas Stenhouse On October 8th it reduced to semiweekly publication continuing until 1869 when it was moved to Ogden and soon expired Ogden it will be remembered was known as the graveyard of Western journalism Payson which for many years would see newspapers come and go with regularity gave birth to the first out-state weeklies The Advocate and the Intelligencer both started early in 1865 were short-lived hand-written efforts Manuscript publications were attempted in three communities testament to the difficulty of obtaining printing equipment infrontier territory well overthousand miles from the western fringes of civilization One was the Herald which hadfleeting existence in Manti afterJanuary 31 1867 beginning under the direction of Robinson who was also the County Clerk Another launched less than two months later by David Candland and probably inspired by the Herald was the Sanpitcher in Mt Pleasant It too ceased publication afterbrief albeit lauded life The third was the Weekly Gazette of American Fork which made its bow March 11 1868 and like the other handwritten editions enjoyed but brief 52 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
