''The Anaconda Standard'' was a newspaper published in

Anaconda, Montana Anaconda, county seat of Deer Lodge County, Montana, Deer Lodge County, which has a consolidated city-county government, is located in southwestern Montana, United States. Located at the foot of the Anaconda Range (known locally as the "Pintle ...

. The first issue was published on September 4, 1889 and the final issue was published on June 20, 1970. The Anaconda newspaper was funded by

Marcus Daly Marcus Daly (December 5, – November 12, 1900) was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the four Copper Kings of Butte, Montana, United States. Early life Daly emigrated from County Cavan, Ireland, to the United States as a youn ...

and owned by his company the

Anaconda Copper Mining Company The Anaconda Company, also known historically as the Anaconda Gold and Silver Mining Company (1881–1891), Anaconda Mining Company (1891–1895), Anaconda Copper Mining Company (1895–1899), Amalgamated Copper Company (1899–1915), and Anacon ...

. It is likely the newspaper was created in reaction to a rivalry between Daly and Thomas H. Carter. On September 12, 1928 the ''Standard'' merged its Butte edition with ''Butte Miner'', based in nearby

Butte, Montana Butte ( ) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers , and, according to the 2 ...

, to form ''

The Montana Standard ''The Montana Standard'' is a daily newspaper in Butte, Montana, owned by Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 72 daily newspapers in 25 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, ...

''. 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 The ''Billings Gazette'' is a daily newspaper based in Billings, Montana, that primarily covers issues in southeast Montana and parts of northern Wyoming. Historically it has been known as the largest newspaper in Montana Montana ( ) is a ...

.''1 Work, Clemens P. ''Darkest before Dawn: Sedition and Free speech in the American West''. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005), 85.

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