Early Life and Career
Born in eastern Kansas and educated in Colorado, Gaylord attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His older brother talked him into buying the Colorado Springs Telegraph and later got him to work as the business manager of the St. Joseph Dispatch in Missouri.
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