| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION controversial is this comment of the Salt Lake Daily Reporter earlier in 1868 The Frontier Index says it is the mouthpiece of the Wyoming Democracy We were mistaken badly mistaken as everyone is likely to be occasionally We had come to the conclusion that the Index was the entire butt end of the Democracy of Wyoming Evidence it might be observed that frontier editors tended to callspadespade -and add an adjective or two when they felt it appropriate Freeman returned to Virginia and fortime lectured on the American West under the name of his alter-ego General Horatio Vattel whom he labelled Lightning Scout of the Mountains In later writing Freeman frequently used Vattel aspseudonym In Virginia he also married Ada Virginia Miller who while working with her husband would become an adept typesetter writer and publisher Some six years elapsed though before the Ogden Freeman began time spent in Illinois and then Wyoming Ada was eight months pregnant with their third child when she began publication of the Ogden Freeman while Legh remained in Wyoming attempting to develop coal claims heacquired The railroaddecision to begin burning coal in its locomotives instead of wood made property containing fossil fuel rather valuable but the Union Pacific found its own sources rather than buying the land owned by Freeman When the bombastic writer finally joined his wife at the paper it required little time for him to alienate Ogdenites Even to the extent offistfight with the Postmaster ondowntown street Frank Cannon well-travelled and competent news man now memorialized in the Utah Newspaper Hall of Fame summarized the Freemans journalism in these words in an 1883 treatise The first number was issued by the lady It was very conservative in tone and character Indeed Mrs Freeman appeared desirous to conciliate the people of Ogden and gain their good will She succeeded to some extent by her non-interference with the religious and social system of the citizens But when Freeman arrived here the policy of the paper was soon changed He wasstrong anti-Mormon in fact wassort of 178 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
