Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Halstead, Murat

HALSTEAD, MURAT, an American journalist; born in Ross, Butler co., O., Sept. 2, 1829. He spent his minority on a farm. At 18 he began writing for newspapers. In 1851 he finished his schooling at Farmers' College, near Cincinnati, and then decided to study law. He did local newspaper reporting on several Cincinnati papers; in 1853 became manager of a department on the Cincinnati “Commercial,” and subsequently part owner. In 1866 it was considered one of the most potent newspapers in the West. In 1890 he removed to Brooklyn, N. Y., and edited the “Union” newspaper. He wrote: “The Story of Cuba”; “Life of William McKinley”; “The Story of the Philippines”; “History of American Expansion”; “Life of Admiral Dewey”; “The Boer and British War”; etc. He died July 2, 1908.