
audiobook
by Frank Moore
NEWSPAPER STRUGGLES OF PIONEER DAYS. - A BRIEF NARRATION OF INCIDENTS AND EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY DAYS OF ST. PAUL, DAILY NEWSPAPERS.
THE FIVE MILLION LOAN ELECTION. - EARLY STEAMBOATING—CELEBRATION OF THE SUCCESSFUL LAYING OF THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE—A FIGHT BETWEEN THE CHIPPEWAS AND SIOUXS.
THE PROCESSION.
THE LINE OF MARCH.
THE GREAT SIOUX OUTBREAK IN 1862. - NARRATION OF SOME OF THE EXCITING EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE GREAT SIOUX OUTBREAK IN 1862—FORT RIDGELY, NEW ULM AND BIRCH COULIE—OTHER DAY AND WABASHA—GREAT EXCITEMENT IN ST. PAUL.
FIREMEN AND FIRES OF PIONEER DAYS. - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ST. PAUL, FIRE DEPARTMENT—PIONEER HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY—HOPE ENGINE COMPANY AND MINNEHAHA ENGINE COMPANY—A LARGE NUMBER OF HOTEL FIRES. - WHEN WE RAN WITH THE OLD MACHINE.
HOTEL FIRES.
LIST OF HOTELS DESTROYED BY FIRE DURING ST. PAUL'S EARLY HISTORY.
THE FIRST AMUSEMENT HALLS IN ST. PAUL. - INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE EARLY AMUSEMENT HALLS OF ST. PAUL—IRVINE HALL—DAN EMMET AND DIXIE—THE HUTCHINSONS—MAZURKA HALL, MOZART HALL, ETC.
PRINTERS AND EDITORS OF TERRITORIAL DAYS. - CAPT.E.Y. SHELLEY THE PIONEER PRINTER OF MINNESOTA—A LARGE NUMBER OF PRINTERS IN THE CIVIL WAR—FEW OF. THE OLD TIMERS LEFT. - TERRITORIAL PRINTERS.
Step back into the bustling streets of mid‑nineteenth‑century St. Paul and listen to the clatter of hand presses, the chatter of compositors, and the eager race to deliver tomorrow’s headlines. This collection of newspaper articles captures the gritty reality of the city’s first daily papers, when a handful of editors, a single press, and a handful of apprentices wrestled with limited technology and fierce competition. Readers hear how the arrival of the web press, linotype machine, and mailing equipment reshaped the business, turning a labor‑intensive operation into a modern newsroom almost overnight.
In vivid episodes, the author recounts the 1857 constitutional convention scramble, when two rival papers vied for state printing rights, leading to courtroom drama and a dramatic bag of gold shared among the staff. He also paints the excitement of 1858, when steamboats raced down the Mississippi carrying the first news of the Atlantic cable, and a quick‑thinking messenger tipped the Minnesotian with the story before its rival could print. These anecdotes reveal the determination, humor, and ingenuity that forged St. Paul’s early press.
Full title
Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer Press A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer Press
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (244K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2003-11-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
b. 1843
A Minnesota newspaperman with a front-row view of a growing frontier city, he left behind a lively firsthand account of early St. Paul and its rough-and-tumble newspaper world.
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