STANLEY HUNTLEY (1845-1885)FLORENCE HUNTLEY (1860-1912)
Former Bismarck Tribune Editor Who Created a New Genre of Popular Comedy

A former editor of the Bismarck Tribune was made an honorary medicine man of the Teton Sioux after saving the life of Little Knife, a noted Hunkpapa warrior and close friend of Sitting Bull. Stanley Huntley also created a fictional married couple in the 1880s that became the prototype for many popular radio and television couples, including the Kramdens on The Honeymooners and the Bunkers on All In the Family. Friends of Huntley claimed that he revolutionized the look of newspapers, and critics stated that he lacked all moral convictions. The latter claim was compounded because Huntley bragged about his drinking prowess and poker playing.