The Sheridan Press

The Sheridan Press
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Seaton Publishing Co, Inc.
FounderThomas M. Cotton
Managing editor
Ashleigh Snoozy
Founded1887 (as the Sheridan Post)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters144 Grinnell Plaza,
Sheridan, WY 82801
OCLC number22723737
Websitethesheridanpress.com

The Sheridan Press is a daily newspaper published in Sheridan, Wyoming.[1]

History

On May 19, 1887, Thomas M. Cotton founded the Sheridan Post.[2] In December 1887, F.V. Sommers and Thomas T. Tynan launched a rival paper called the Sheridan Enterprise.[3][4] In August 1890, Tynan left the Enterprise.[5] In October 1890, Cotton sold the Post to a company.[6] In 1901, Emil F. Meyer sold the Enterprise to Fred J. Becker and Hayden M. White, who then consolidated it with The Dayton Harpoon.[7]

In 1907, F.H. Barrow assumed control of the Enterprise,[8] followed in May 1908 by G.L. Foster,[9][10] and then in September 1908 by L.F. Hurd.[11] In 1909, C.F. Story sold the Post to John F. Mills,[12] who sold it a few years later.[13] W.H. Huntley became Post editor at some point, but was replaced by Mills in 1908 after the paper was sold.[14]

In 1911, Joseph J. Daly, after operating the Enterprise for two years, sold it to a syndicate headed by John B. Kendrick.[15] Huntley eventually returned as Post editor, but was pushed out in 1912 after the other owners switched the publication's affiliation from Republican to the Bull Moose Party.[16] Huntley resumed control of the Post in 1915, and switched its affiliation back to the GOP.[17]

In 1918, C. Watt Brandon succeeded Huntley as editor of the Post,[18] and a year later expanded it from a semi-weekly to a daily.[19] In 1919, Evelyn B. Mason resigned as Enterprise editor and was succeeded by Everett J. Lippard.[20] In 1923, Charles W. Barton, editor of the Casper Tribune, purchased the Post and the Enterprise. Barton then merged the two together to form the Sheridan Post-Enterprise.[21] Lippard stayed on at the paper but died later that year at age 32.[22][23] In 1925, Brandon founded the weekly Sheridan Journal.[24]

In 1930, a group of investors lead by Edward S. Moore, Sr. purchased the Post-Enterprise from Barton and the Journal from Brandon, and then merged the two to form the Sheridan Press.[25] In 1944, Howard B. Sharp bought Moore's controlling interest,[26] and then sold it in 1946 to Fred A. Seaton.[27] In 1974, Seaton died.[28] Ever since the Seaton family has continued to operate the Press under the company name Seaton Publishing Company.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "The Sheridan Press (Sheridan, Wyo.) 1930-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
  2. ↑ "The Sheridan Post". Billings Evening Journal. March 23, 1897. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Notice". Daily Yellowstone Journal. Miles City, Montana. December 16, 1887. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Local Layout". The Livingston Enterprise. December 17, 1887. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Thomas T. Tynan". Natrona County Tribune. Casper, Wyoming ·. September 29, 1898. p. 1.
  6. ↑ "An Editor's Prayer". The Cheyenne Daily Leader. October 2, 1890. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Editorial". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. May 10, 1901. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Notice". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. February 22, 1907. p. 7.
  9. ↑ "Notice". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. May 29, 1908. p. 4.
  10. ↑ "Local And Personal". Midland Empire News. Billings, Montana. September 15, 1908. p. 5.
  11. ↑ "Notice". Natrona County Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. September 23, 1908. p. 4.
  12. ↑ "Notice". Crawford Tribune. August 16, 1901. p. 5.
  13. ↑ "John F. Mills Dead After Brief Illness". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. April 17, 1930. p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Change in Ownership". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. July 17, 1908. p. 5.
  15. ↑ "Sheridan Enterprise Sold". Salt Lake Herald. December 11, 1911. p. 6.
  16. ↑ "Notice". Natrona County Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. September 4, 1912. p. 4.
  17. ↑ "Sheridan Post Rejoins G.O.P.". The Billings Gazette. April 11, 1915. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "New Republican Paper". The Billings Gazette. October 31, 1918. p. 9.
  19. ↑ "Sheridan Post Enters Daily Field On May 1". Casper Star-Tribune. April 25, 1919. p. 6.
  20. ↑ "Sheridan Bids Farwell To Ghost Of Evelyn Mason | Editor Of Enterprise Quits, Follows Her To Coast". Casper Star-Tribune. July 31, 1920. p. 2.
  21. ↑ "Sheridan Enterprise And Post Consolidate". Omaha World-Herald. July 1, 1923. p. 10.
  22. ↑ "Wyoming Editor Dies". The Butte Miner. Butte, Montana. November 19, 1923. p. 1.
  23. ↑ ""30" Is Written For Everett J. Lippard". Midland Empire News. Billings, Montana. November 20, 1923. p. 3.
  24. ↑ "The Sheridan Journal". Casper Star-Tribune. September 6, 1925. p. 6.
  25. ↑ "New Owners of Sheridan Newspaper Are Announced". Casper Star-Tribune. November 17, 1930. p. 10.
  26. ↑ "Sheridan Press Changes Hands". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. November 30, 1944. p. 2.
  27. ↑ "Nebraska Man Buys Sheridan Press". News Letter Journal. Newcastle, Wyoming. November 14, 1946.
  28. ↑ "Sheridan paper owner dies". Casper Star-Tribune. January 18, 1974. p. 1.
  29. ↑ "Jacobson to lead as publisher of The Sheridan Press". The Sheridan Press. 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
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