C. C. (Charles Carroll) Goodwin

Born near Rochester, New York, in 1832, Charles Carroll Goodwin went west as a young man and built an unusually varied career. Records from the University of Nevada, Reno describe him as a writer, politician, and journalist, and note that he lived in Nevada from 1860 to 1880, where he was associated with the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City.

Other archival and historical sources show that before and during those years he also taught school, studied law, served as a judge in Nevada, and later moved to Utah. There he became editor in charge of the Salt Lake Tribune, a role he held for many years, and he was also connected with Goodwin's Weekly.

Goodwin is remembered today both for his journalism and for books that looked back on the West he had known firsthand, including memoirs and fiction set around mining camps and frontier communities. He died in Salt Lake City in 1917, leaving behind a body of work that blends public life, regional history, and personal recollection.