[2] The paper was founded in 1880 and began publication on either February 7[3] or 8,[4] 1880 as the Park Mining Record,[4] and was edited by James Shupback.
In November 1884, Sam Raddon, formerly with the Salt Lake Tribune, took over as the paper's editor and would oversee the Park Record for the next 65 years.
Raddon was a controversial figure since, under his guidance, the newspaper established itself as an "outspoken and critical" publication, and "anti-everything, including anti-Mormon, anti-Chinese, and anti-Indian."
In 1983, the Park Record merged with another, younger local paper called The Newspaper, which began publishing in September 1975.
In 2021, Swift sold its local media and publishing businesses in Utah to the West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers.