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English
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'Rags! Rags!! Rags!!!' : Beginnings of the Paper Industry in the Salt Lake Valley, 1849-58
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Utah Historical Quarterly
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Winter 1994
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62
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42-52
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Not wanting to be dependent on outside suppliers for paper, Brigham Young provided capital and equipment to develop a paper making industry in Utah in the 1850s. This article reviews those beginning efforts overseen by a British Mormon convert and paper maker, Thomas Howard. An examination of issues of the Deseret News that were printed on this Utah-made paper shows its unsatisfactory quality and gives reason for the industry's less than spectacular success in this initial venture.