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Newspaper The Kemmerer Republican (Kemmerer, Wyo.) 1913-1924

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About The Kemmerer Republican (Kemmerer, Wyo.) 1913-1924

The Kemmerer Republican began publishing in 1913. A weekly paper, it was released on Fridays by the Lincoln County Publishing Company, claiming in its masthead that “The Republican is the Only Republican Newspaper Published in Lincoln County.” At the time, it was one of only three newspapers in southwestern Wyoming’s Lincoln County, and one of two in the town of Kemmerer.

Named for the coal company, Kemmerer was a town established in 1897 and incorporated in 1899 to support mining interests. Instead of following the trends of other company towns, private plots were sold to bring in other industries to help develop the area. Patrick Quealy, vice president of the coal company and founder of the town, also helped establish the First National Bank and served as its president for many years. The town’s law offices were on the building’s second floor. Kemmerer was chosen as Lincoln’s county seat in 1911, as it was the largest town and continuing to grow.

A significant amount of advertisement space in the newspaper went to these local businesses, including the bottling factory, the laundry service, and the hotels. Articles also reported on the schools in Lincoln County, and the current events section followed news of individuals of the town. The Republican also brought global news to the small town. From the beginning, the newspaper covered the politics of the ongoing World War. It also included a section on fashion trends, and the publishing company was notable in its access to technology that added pictures, instead of only drawings.

Many of the Republican‘s editors were invested in the county’s politics. The first editor, Clyde F. Settle was outspoken on his position, and used the paper to encourage readers to vote for specific candidates, running detailed biographical articles. Settle went on to become the editor of the Star Valley Independent and brought this practice with him. Lester G. Baker, editor in the early 1920s, was chairman of the Lincoln County Republican Committee. In 1924, editor George R. Hand, formerly of a reportedly democratic newspaper, the Laramie Boomerang, merged the Republican with another town newspaper, the Kemmerer Camera, to become the Kemmerer Gazette. The paper continues to publish today, with its offices located on J. C. Penney Drive, home of the first J.C. Penney department store.

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Title

  • The Kemmerer Republican (Kemmerer, Wyo.) 1913-1924

Dates of Publication

  • 1913-1924

Created / Published

  • Kemmerer, Wyo. : Lincoln County Pub. Co.

Headings

  • -  Kemmerer (Wyo.)--Newspapers
  • -  Lincoln County (Wyo.)--Newspapers
  • -  United States--Wyoming--Lincoln--Kemmerer

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  -v. 11, no. 35 (Apr. 25, 1924).
  • -  When Grand Teton began publication in Dec. 1931, it also included The Kemmerer Republican in title and numbering.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 21 (Jan. 16, 1914).
  • -  Kemmerer camera (DLC)sn 92067179
  • -  Kemmerer gazette (DLC)sn 85058166

Medium

  • v.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn92067163

OCLC Number

  • 26395491

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The Kemmerer Republican Kemmerer, Wyo. -1924. (Kemmerer, WY), Jan. 1 1913. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92067163/.

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The Kemmerer Republican Kemmerer, Wyo. -1924. (Kemmerer, WY) 1 Jan. 1913. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn92067163/.