Charles E. Richardson

Who was Charles E. Richardson?

Charles E. Richardson was a publisher of the Rock Springs Daily Rocket-Miner in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He worked in his family newspaper business throughout his youth before attending the University of Wyoming at Laramie and entering the United States Army. In 1960, he was appointed general manager of the Daily Rocket-Miner; fourteen years later, he was elevated to publisher and president of the newspaper board of directors. Richardson retired as publisher in 2000 but continued as the corporate president until his death.

Richardson was born in Newcastle in Weston County in northeastern Wyoming to David G. Richardson and the former Margaret Edwards. In 1937, the senior Richardson purchased the Rocket newspaper and moved his family to Rock Springs in southwestern Wyoming. Charles Richardson resided in Rock Springs until 2005, when he moved to Cheyenne but spent winters at another home in Scottsdale, Arizona.

As a youth, Richardson worked on the ground floor of the family newspaper business. An athlete, he was named to the first ever Wyoming All-State football team.