| Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION newsmen and women were in the Hall of Fame all of them portrayed in pencil sketches created by artist Pat Denner Preparation of the display designed by architect Kevin Watts was carried out bycommittee consisting of Murray Moler Ogden Standard-Examiner Dr Milton Hollstein University of Utah Paul Jerry Brien and Lance Gudmundsen both of the Salt Lake Tribune Max Call Manti Messenger Jim Cornwell formerly of the Murray Eagle and Robert Mitchell Deseret News Major changes from the previous display were that the individual recognitions were on metal rather than paper 160-word career synopsis of each of the honored individuals was engraved on their plaques and an explanatory tablet described the important role played by Utah newspapers in the statedevelopment The text of that plaque reads Westward expansion of the United States brought pioneering people to an untamed wilderness where communication was almost nonexistent Most of the communities they established traced their origins to end-of-track locations during the construction of railroads They maintained touch with the outside world through telegraph wires and trains operating over the ribbons of steel Newspapers were soon established to satisfy peoplethirst for knowledge of both the life they had left behind and of their new place of residence However few towns in what was first known as the State of Deseret and later became Utah Territory traced their beginnings to railroads Most were far-flung habitations begun by members of the Mormon Church and no telegraph wires or locomotive whistles linked them with other people in other places Still papers came to those communities as well though newsgathering was made far more difficult by lack ofa commaunication system The territoryfirst paper the Deseret News was established in Salt Lake City in 1850 It was challenging indeed to operatenewspaper without dependable supply lines and virtually no contact with the remainder ofa nation the very fringes of which were more thanthousand hazardous miles 420 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
