The newspaper was established by
Buffalo Bill and John Peake in 1899. The first issue appeared on August 31, 1899, and it was firmly established in 1902. In 1904, it was bought by
Caroline Lockhart, a Prohibition crusader and novelist originally from
Boston. She served as owner and editor from 1904 to 1962. The
Enterprise was purchased by Sage Publishing Company in 1972 before it was bought by independent publisher J. Louie Mullen of Buffalo, Wyoming in 2022. In August 2024, a reporter for the
Enterprise was caught using
artificial intelligence to create news stories and fabricate quotes, including fake statements from Wyoming governor
Mark Gordon. The journalist responsible for the stories resigned and the publisher created an official AI policy to prevent similar issues. ==References==