From weekly to 7-day production, the newspaper has grown with the town. From its beginnings as a weekly newspaper, the Idaho State Journal's history has been as varied as the communities it serves. The predecessor of today's Journal, the Pocatello Tribune actually began in 1890 as a political publication. It was in 1892 that the Tribune became a newspaper. In December 1892, three newspapermen from Salt Lake City came north to purchase the newspaper. They were C.H. Fernstermaker, a typesetter, William Wallin, an advertising salesman and job printer, and George N. Ifft, a reporter.
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