At Home
Every town that grew along the Transcontinental Railroad or the gritty mining camps had a newspaper. The Western Nebraska Observer was one. The Virginia City Territorial Enterprise was another. In fact, Mark Twain got his start at the latter. The humorist’s first fictional hit, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” came from a tale he heard at a California hotel. While a lot of good information hummed along the telegraph lines, there were tall tales to sort out, too. Sorting fact from fiction and to weave tales with all the nuance the news deserves would be, we’d argue, the role of the Weekly. And for years, readers have decided the best place to keep up with the news in all its forms – digital, print, and special magazines – is the very place we like to hang our boots: home sweet home (on the range or not).
