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Newspaper The Livingston Enterprise (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914

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About The Livingston Enterprise (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914

On June 6, 1883, George H. Wright and Joseph E. Hendry of Livingston, Montana, published the first edition of the Livingston Enterprise on 7×10-inch sheets. This 5-column, 4-page weekly began publishing the same year that the Northern Pacific Railway arrived. In addition, they published the Daily Enterprise, from June 4, 1883, through November 8, 1884. While they stated that the daily edition would resume in 1885, it did not reappear until 1910.

Early issues of the Enterprise featured a plethora of real estate ads, reports of mining activity in nearby Emigrant Gulch, Northern Pacific timetables, and activities on the Crow Reservation, which was located immediately east of the town. The Northern Pacific placed its largest repair shops west of the Mississippi in Livingston, and the reporting reflected the influence of the railroad on the town’s development. For example, from 1885 to 1890 the paper featured stories about “Chinamen” who were importing and selling opium in “hop joints.” The newspaper also documented the establishment of Cinnabar, the terminus of the Northern Pacific branch line to Yellowstone National Park.

In the late 1890s, the Anaconda Copper Mining Company purchased the Livingston Enterprise, part of an effort to exercise its influence over newspaper publishing in the state.

Provided By: Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Livingston Enterprise (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914

Dates of Publication

  • 1883-1914

Created / Published

  • Livingston, Mont. : [G.H. Wright], -1914.

Headings

  • -  Livingston (Mont.)--Newspapers
  • -  Montana--Livingston
  • -  United States--Montana--Park--Livingston

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  -v. 31, no. 48 (May 2, 1914).
  • -  Began June 4, 1883 Cf. Gregory, W. Amer. newspapers, 1821-1936.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Other editions available: Daily enterprise (Livingston, Mont. : 1883), 1883-1884; Daily enterprise (Livingston, Mont. : 1910), 1910-1914.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 19 (Nov. 25 [i.e. 1], 1884).
  • -  Livingston post May 7, 1914 (DLC)sn 86075263

Medium

  • 31 volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn86075261

OCLC Number

  • 13864962

ISSN Number

  • 2470-4121

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