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Founders' Partnership

When
1872-1892
Where
South Bend, Indiana
Part of
South Bend Tribune founded

Union veterans Alfred B. Miller and Elmer Crockett operated the Tribune together until Miller's death in 1892.

The founders were brothers-in-law, with Crockett having married Miller's sister Anna in 1868. They established the paper as a Republican newspaper, leveraging their prior newspaper experience in South Bend to justify the venture.

Sources

  1. South Bend Tribune Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31

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