| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION BEAVER Persistence marked papers started in Beaver where the Enterprise began August 16 1873 and withstood brief competi tion from the Daily Chronicle started October 16 1876 then The Watchman which began October 29 1879 Neither lasted The Utonian arrived on the scene February 19 1881 and the County Record operated from June 1883 until December 14 1884 Along with its challengers the Enterprise itself dissolved in 1885 No files of the paper exist but it was closely observed by other territorial publications which frequently quoted from it or printed critical jibes about it More first-class two-fisted paying newspapers have flourished and died with their boots on in Beaver than in many other cities of several times the size wrote Cecil Alter in Early Utah Journalism He went on to explain Beaver was city of rivalries particularly between Mormons and Gentiles It had he pointed out mining and political interests galore Fort Cameron strongly garrisoned United States military post frowned upon it Little wonder then that opposing dailies tri-weeklies and weeklies vied simultaneously with one another for patronage while other Utah towns of much greater popula tion permitted lone newspapers of high quality to starve The Beaver Press was launched November 25 1904 by Frazer Sons and was purchased in 1916 by Karl Carlton of the Beaver County News in Milford In 1920 he sold it to Timothy Brownhill but two years later Carlton took it back and turned over the editorial reins to his wife Cora The Carltons published until March 1927 when and Jess Saunders husband-and-wife team acquired the plant They returned it to the Carltons on June 1933 and Walter Carlton son of the owners became its publisher He surrendered the title to Wilkinson on October 1942 and on June 1945 Aird Merkley assumed ownership On June 1956 the Press was purchased by Stephen and Patricia Williams of the Beaver County News in Milford They published it until June 16 1962 when it was sold to George Rich mining engineer and former Salt Lake City printer 58 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
