The Saratoga Sun (Saratoga, Carbon County, Wyo.) 1891-Current

• 1891–1926
• Newspaper

Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.

1,747 issues from 1891 to 1926, published in Saratoga, Wyoming, digitised for Chronicling America.

One of 11 newspapers that began publishing before Wyoming gained statehood, the Saratoga Sun published its first issue on July 4, 1891 under the ownership of George F. Canis. The second issue of the Sun did not appear until ten days later, and successive issues were published weekly. The first tagline for the Sun, “devoted to stock, mining and irrigation interests,” reflected the views the paper would hold for its entire publication. On the final page of the first issue of the Sun, Canis made clear his intentions for the paper, “to give all the news concerning events of interest in the valley and to record the progress made towards the development of this rich and promising section of the country.” It was on this page that Canis also introduced the phrase that would become one of the paper’s taglines, “The sun is independent in everything and has nothing to boom for, the sun shines for all.” Canis ended this introductory final page with a statement that the Sun was a paper for the people, and if an event that people wanted to see covered was not, all they needed to do was ask, and it would be included.

John F. Crawford purchased the Sun from Canis in 1902, though Crawford had been listed as its proprietor, and at times its editor, since late in 1892. One of Crawford’s first acts as owner was to purchase the competing paper, the Platte Valley Lyre, and combine the two into a single newspaper that served Saratoga and the surrounding towns. Crawford was also the second…

Genres

News

Published in

Saratoga, Wyoming, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

Rights

The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

Credit

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

Who can read it

Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)

Archive

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