1850 - Hand-operated Ramage Press prints the first Deseret News in the Mint Building, located on the north side of South Temple and just east of Main Street. Dr. Willard Richards was the first editor of this new weekly.
1851 - Deseret News operation moves to Deseret Store Building.1854 - Albert Carrington becomes editor; operatio moves to the Tithing Office Building on the east side of Main Street just North of South Temple.
1856 - Operation moves to Council House on the southwest corner of Main Street and South Temple.
1858 - Operation moves to Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore for four months, then returns to Council House in Salt Lake City.
1859 - Elias Smith becomes editor.
1861 - The telegraph made news more timely. The Deseret News was receiving Civil War news flashes. Typesetters were being called in for all-night shifts to bring the news to the people in a "timely fashion."
1862 - Operation returns to Deseret Store Building.
1863 - Albert Carrington resumes editorship.
1864 - Hoe cylinder press acquired.
1865 - Newspaper begins semi-weekly publication.
1867 - George Q. Cannon becomes editor. Newspaper begins publication as a daily.
1870 - Mormon Tribune (later Salt Lake Tribune) begins printing, and bitter newspaper wars commence.
1871 - First Utah editions of the Book of Mormon and LDS hymn book are issued from Deseret News plant.
1873 - David O. Calder becomes editor.
1877 - George Q. Cannon resumes editorship.
1878 - The first telephones are installed in the Deseret News offices to increase the speed and accuracy of the news.
1880 - Charles W. Penrose becomes editor.
1883 - Deseret News sets up papermaking operation in Big Cottonwood mill near Salt Lake City.
1890 - Deseret News obtains Bullock press.
1892 - Members of the Cannon family tkae over operation of the Deseret News Publishing Co. on lease from the LDS Church. Large reproductions of line drawings begin appearing in the newspaper.
1893 - Fire destroys Big Cottonwood paper mill.
1894 - Want-ad columns become part of the Deseret News.
1896 - Largest headlines ever to appear in Deseret News announce Utah achieving statehood.
1897 - Local news drawings begin to appear. First linotypes are installed.
1898 - J.M. Sjodahl becomes editor. First sports page appears. Operation is turned back to the LDS Church.
1892-1898 - John Nicholson, George C. Lambert and John Q. Cannon serve as editors at various times.
1899 - Charles W. Penrose resumes editorship. The introduction of halftone photoengraving make it possible to reproduce actual photographs in the Deseret News.
1900 - Society section develops.
1903 - Operation moves to new six-story Deseret News Bulding on southwest corner of Main Street and South Temple.
1907 - J.M. Sjodahl resumes editorship.
1911 - "Old Betsy," a 50-horse-power Hoe press, is installed.
1914 - E. LeRoy Bourne becomes editor.
1916 - Regular comic panels begin.
1918 - John Q. Cannon resumes editorship. Regular comic strips begin.
1922 - Harold Goff becomes editor. Deseret News receives federal license to operation KZN radio station, which became KSL, the first full-time commercial brodcasting operation between the Mississippi Valley and the Pacific Coast. Weekly color comics begin.
1926 - Operation moves to new four-story Deseret News Building on the east side of Richards Street between South Temple and 100 South, on the former gravesite of Dr. Willard Richards. Use of teletypes begins, bringing news from all around the world.
1928 - Alexander Buchanan Jr. is acting editor for two months; John Q. Canon resumes editorship.
1931 - Joseph J. Cannon becomes editor. Publication of weekly Church Section, later called LDS Church News, begins.
1934 - James A. Langton becomes editor. Photo coverage develops with stories of air crash near Salt Lake City. New York Public Library chooses Deseret News as one of four representative American newspapers not published in New York City.
1935 - New technology makes it possible to transmit photos and text over the wires.
1936 - Giant Hoe press, capable of printing four colors, installed.
1943 - David A. Robinson becomes editor.
1946 - Mark E. Petersen becomes editor.
1947 - Expansion program includes new daily Family Section that almost doubles circulation in a year. Deseret News, with Los Angeles Times and Oregon interests, purchases Hawley Pulp and Paper Mill in Oregon City.
1948 - Deseret News becomes a seven-day newspaper and launches new sections, including farm, home and garden section. Begins four-color weekly rotogravure magazine section. Starts Midweek Section.
1949 - Mechanical operation of job printing department is moved to ground floor of two-story structure on east side of Industrial Road south of 1600 South.
1952 - O. Preston Robinson becomes editor. Newspaper Agency Corp. is formed under joint operating agreement with Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday edition is discontinued under terms of agreement.
1962 - Deseret News reporter Robert D. Mullins wins Pulitzer Prize for distinguished local reporting under deadline pressure.
1964 - E. Earl Hawkes becomes editor.
1968 - Editorial offices move to 30 E. 100 South.
1972 - William B. Smart becomes editor. Aggressive effort of investigative reporting undertaken with "Pinpoint Team." Photo-composition is introduced, which does away with the linotype and hotlead typsetting. Electric typewriters replace manual machines.
1974 - CRT video terminals make it possible to electronically edit newspaper materials.
1978 - Wendell J. Ashton becomes publisher.
1982 - Joint operating agreement is renegotiated, and Deseret News resumes publication of a Sunday edition.
1983 - The Deseret News enters the computer era with the introduction of the ATEX video terminals.
1985 - Wm. James Mortimer becomes editor and publisher.
1986 - Pagination, or computer design of the newspaper, is added to the Deseret News' system.
1988 - Computers are introduced to the Deseret News library and art department. Past stories can be accessed by computer.
1989 - Leafax machines allow photographers to transmit color photos over phone lines. This brings timely color photos from all over the world to Deseret News readers.
1990 - New presses mean Deseret News has all offset presses, which improves overall quality of printing.
1995 - Editorial offices move to temporary quarters at 135 Regent Street; building at 30 E. 100 South is razed and construction begins on new facility.
1996 - Under new LDS policy, board of directors with General Authority leadership is disbanded, and a new board is appointed, with L. Glen Snarr as chairman.
1997 - John Hughes becomes first non-Mormon editor; Wm. James Mortimer retains position as publisher. New Deseret News building at 30 E. 100 South is dedicated and occupied.