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This article originally appeared in “The History of Bannock County; 1893-1993″ book.
The history of the newspaper in Pocatello, Idaho began in 1890, with the founding of The Pocatello Tribune with C.E. Arney as its editor. The Tribune’s plant, a frame building at Center and Second, was destroyed in the 1892 fire that swept Pocatello’s east side. The paper was revived by two young men named Eldredge and Hardy from Montpelier.
A few months later it was sold to George N. Ifft, William Wallin and C.H. Fernstermaker of Salt Lake City. These men changed the newspaper to a weekly, and its first edition came out on Jan. 1, 1893. Wallin and Ifft bought out Fernstermaker, and this interest was continued as such until George N. Ifft turned the newspaper over to his son, George Nicholas Ifft II. He began serving the paper in 1915, and was active until his death on 1974. Wallin sold his interest in the paper in 1930, to WIlliam S. Cady of Kansas City, who along with Ifft, published the paper until Cady sold his interest in 1947, to Preston Goodfellow of Washington D.C.
Up to this time, there had been a number of newspapers in Pocatello. In 1890, as well as the founding of The Pocatello Tribune, The Pocatello Advance was founded, and this continued for a number of years as a weekly. The Advance was founded by C.A. Broxon. He was active in politics and later went to Boise as publisher of The Capital News. The South Idaho Mail was established in 1907, about a year after that, the plant was moved to Blackfoot.
