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A pioneer Nevada newspaper publisher, Garside owned a number of newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tonopah Times-Bonanza and several other in mining boomtowns. In 1926, he purchased the Las Vegas Review, which later became the Review-Journal.
A school in Las Vegas is named for him. Here’s a biography from the school’s site:
Frank F. Garside was born on September 3, 1884, in Atchison, Kansas. He came to Nevada in 1904 on the first train into the state. Mr. Garside traveled to Tonopah on a flat car to reach the mining camp, arriving on July 24, 1904, with only $5.25 in cash. He spent two years in Tonopah before moving to Manhattan. From there he owned 12 newspapers in the state.
In October 12, 1909, he met and married his wife, Mary, who worked alongside her husband and operated a linotype. When Mr. and Mrs. Garside were married in Manhattan she took over the business side of running the Manhattan Mail. Throughout his newspaper career, Mr. Garside purchased 16 newspapers in the state. Mr. Garside also operated the Rhyolite newspaper in the boom days of the early mining camps. In addition, he began five other small papers in various mining camps.
Around 1930, Mr. Garside and Mr. Cahlan bought the Las Vegas Journal from Sen. J. G. Serugham. The publication was named the Las Vegas Review-Journal. When the Garside family moved to Las Vegas they bought a 24-acre ranch in what now is the Vegas Heights area. The property had a big spring and a log cabin on it. Mr. and Mrs. Garside sold their portion of the Review-Journal in 1949.
Mr. Garside served as Postmaster General of Clark County, Nevada from 1933 – 1953. Like our school, a post office was dedicated to Mr. Garside. Garside Post Office is located on Sahara and Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas.
Mr. Garside passed in 1962.
Here’s a photo of Garside dressed up for Helldorado Days, taken by his son, Sherwin “Scoop” Garside, also a member of the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame.
