Laramie Boomerang


The Laramie Boomerang, formerly the Laramie Daily Boomerang, is a newspaper in Laramie, Wyoming. It was established in 1881 by American humorist Edgar Wilson Nye, who named the paper after his mule, "Boomerang", named because he could trust the mule to return him home no matter how inebriated and disoriented Nye might become. Nye contributed several humorous articles to the Boomerang, and served as the paper's editor until 1884. The Boomerang was founded while Nye was the postmaster of the city. It launched him to national fame, gaining the newspaper subscribers in every state and many foreign countries.
At its inception in March, 1881, the paper's masthead read simply "Boomerang" or "The Daily Boomerang" and was published daily except Sundays and holidays, with the Saturday edition being titled "Saturday Boomerang" briefly in 1891–2. Related titles were also issued: "The Weekly Boomerang" and "The Semi-Weekly Boomerang". In 1901, the paper became "Laramie Boomerang", and was published daily except Sundays.
In 1923, the Boomerang merged with Laramie's other newspaper, The Laramie Republican, retaining the issue numbering of the older paper, the Republican. The combined press published as "The Laramie Republican and the Laramie Boomerang" then as "The Laramie Republican-Boomerang" and then as "The Laramie Republican and Boomerang". In 1957, another local paper merged with the Republican and Boomerang presses, and the paper became "The Laramie Daily Boomerang". In 2004, the word "Daily" was dropped from the masthead.
While he attended college, Richard Honaker, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives and unsuccessful nominee for the U.S. District Court, was the night editor of the Daily Boomerang.
The Boomerang was acquired by Tracy McCraken in 1938. The McCracken newspapers were sold in 2015 to Adams Publishing Group.