Bill Barlow's Budget (Douglas, Converse County, Wyo.)

• 1886–1914
• Newspaper

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

1,441 issues from 1886 to 1914, published in Douglas, Wyoming, digitised for Chronicling America.

The first issue of Bill Barlow’s Budget was published on June 9, 1886, in Fetterman, Wyoming. Fetterman grew around the fort of the same name, which was abandoned in the decline of the Indian Wars in 1882. By August, the Budget had moved its operation a few miles southeast to the small tent town of Douglas that was growing quickly thanks to the railroad, but would not become a fully incorporated town until June 1887. The proprietors of the Budget were husband and wife Merris C. and Minnie F. Barrow; Merris served as the paper’s editor and drew upon his experience from working at newspapers such as the Laramie Daily Times , Laramie Boomerang, and Wyoming Tribune. The Budget was available to readers for 10 cents per copy, but also offered subscriptions for three months, six months, one year, and 100 years, the last originally at $300.

Barrow was dedicated to the development of Douglas, stating in the Budget’s inaugural issue that “… we have about us a country rich in everything calculated to make, when developed, a great and powerful commonwealth.” Barrow used the Budget to advocate for a city water and sewer system, civic fire protection, and local business interests. The Budget’s political alignment began as independent, which allowed for Barrow to critique opinions and initiatives stemming from any political party. Barrow held that policy held until June 5, 1889, when he announced that the Budget would be moving forward as a Republican publication as Wyoming neared…

Genres

News

Published in

Douglas, Wyoming, United States

Language

English

Collection

Chronicling America

Licence or status

None stated by the archive

Rights

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Credit

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

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