Casper Daily Tribune (Casper, Wyo.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
2,533 issues from 1917 to 1926, published in Casper, Wyoming, digitised for Chronicling America.
J.E. Hanway began publishing the Casper Daily Tribune in 1916 after purchasing The Natrona Tribune, which had been publishing in Casper, Wyoming since 1891. Hanway continued to publish the Natrona Tribune weekly while publishing the Daily Tribune every day except Sunday. Within a few years, the Daily Tribune was the most circulated newspaper in the state of Wyoming. The Daily Tribune was also the only paper in the state at the time that was a member of both the Associated Press and the United Press.
As Casper was a city founded on oil, the Daily Tribune dedicated a section to Wyoming oil business, including information on fields, prices, and company stocks. The Daily Tribune also covered farming and ranching operations in and around Casper, as well as in the state. Plays and movies were advertised heavily in the Daily Tribune, often including a synopsis and a list of performers. Some issues included articles about fashion trends, and tips for housekeeping and homemaking. The paper also focused on global news, specifically developments of the first World War. Serialized books and short stories were printed in every issue, including pieces written by soldiers and veterans that gave readers a look into the trenches.
In 1925, the Tribune Company purchased The Casper Herald, a morning publication, and combined it with the Daily Tribune into the Casper Tribune-Herald in 1931. In 1955, the company also purchased the Casper Morning Star, which had been publishing since 1949.…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Casper, 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
- Library of Congress