The Buffalo Bulletin (Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyo.; Buffalo, WY) 1890-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,952 issues from 1890 to 1929, published in Buffalo, Wyoming, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Big Horn Sentinel published its first issue in Big Horn, Wyoming Territory on September 13, 1884, after bad weather conditions caused a six week delay in the paper’s production. The Sentinel continued to publish in Big Horn until October 31, 1885, after which, due to lack of patronage and funds in Big Horn, the offices moved to the town of Buffalo. On November 7, the Sentinel asked its new readership, “to give the paper such support as you think it deserving of, and in return we assure you that you will find us laboring at all time for your best interests, as well as ours.” The Sentinel was published every Saturday with four pages, and a single copy could be purchased for 10 cents.
For the entire span of its publication, the Sentinel covered local miscellaneous news alongside national and international news and worked to promote the settlement and benefits of the territory in general and Johnson County in particular. The original proprietor, E.H. Becker, and his wife were involved in local politics; Mrs. Becker was appointed superintendent of schools for the county, and Mr. Becker advocated and canvassed for Big Horn as county seat in 1888. This drew the ire of many, including journalists from across the state who mocked him in the papers, and locals who allegedly hanged and burned his effigy after Sheridan won the seat. He sold the Sentinel that year and continued in the newspaper business after moving to Montana.
On January 26, 1889, the management of the paper was…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Buffalo, 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