Cover of Boom town newspapers

Boom town newspapers

by David Fridtjof Halaas

1981 146 pages eng

Newspapers in mining boom camps were life the towns they served--rough and explosive. Putting out a paper in the turbulent Rocky Mountain mining fields was often more troublesome and dangerous than claiming and working a placer mine--particularly if an editor wanted to encourage stability, harmony, …

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