The Anaconda Standard was a newspaper published in Anaconda, Montana. The first issue was published on September 4, 1889 and the final issue was published on June 20, 1970.[1]
| Type | 5 days per week |
|---|---|
| Format | 8 page, 6 column |
| Owner(s) | Marcus Daly |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Ceased publication | 1970 |
| Headquarters | Anaconda, Montana, United States] |
| ISSN | 2163-4483 |
| OCLC number | 10309820 |
The Anaconda newspaper was funded by Marcus Daly and owned by his company the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.[1] It is likely the newspaper was created in reaction to a rivalry between Daly and Thomas H. Carter.[2]
On September 12, 1928 the Standard merged with Butte Miner, based in nearby Butte, Montana, to form The Montana Standard.[3]
Daly used the paper to further his political and financial reach. By 1920, the Anaconda Company owned several additional Montana newspapers including the Butte Post, Butte Miner, Daily Missoulian, Helena Independent, and Billings Gazette.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "About The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970". Library of Congress. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Morris, Patrick F. (1997). Anaconda, Montana: Copper Smelting Boom Town on the Western Frontier. Swann Pub. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-9657209-2-2. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "The Anaconda standard". World Cat. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ 1 Work, Clemens P. Darkest before Dawn: Sedition and Free speech in the American West. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005), 85.