
Colorado is one of the states that does have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers and it is quite good. Several states use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main central online site for searching old newspapers and currently, Colorado has a few newspapers available on that site. There are several free online newspapers available on other sites and there are collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.
There are over 2,600 newspapers that have been published in the Centennial State – certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it – find your Colorado ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also, I suspect that some of these links may change over time – so if there is a dead link – please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.
(Updated July 2023; recently added links are in BOLD)
Colorado Historical Newspapers
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Colorado
- Arvada, Colo., 1908-1970 – The Arvada enterprise.
- Bessemer, Colo., 18??-1894 – The Bessemer indicator.
- Boulder, Colo., 1891-1928 – Daily camera. [volume]
- Canon City, Colo., 1877-18?? – The Fremont County record.
- Cañon City, Colo., 1883-192? – Cañon City record.
- Canon City, Colo., 1911-192? – The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon.
- Central City, Colo., 1897-1921 – Gilpin observer.
- Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo., 1???-1969 – Cheyenne Wells record.
- Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo., 1913-19?? – Cheyenne record.
- Cheyenne Wells, Colo., 1912-1913 – Eastern Colorado times.
- Colorado Springs, Colo., 1896-1912 – The Western enterprise.
- Crystal, Colo., 1886-18?? – Crystal River current.
- Crystal, Colo., 1892-1899 – The silver lance.
- Delta, Colo., 1886-19?? – The Delta independent.
- Delta, Delta County, Colo., 1883-1886 – Delta chief.
- Denver, Colo., 1882-1888 – The Labor enquirer. [volume]
- Denver, Colo., 1889-1906 – The statesman.
- Denver, Colo., 1895-1961 – The Colorado statesman. [volume]
- Denver, Colo., 19??-1915 – United labor bulletin.
- Denver, Colo., 1903-1913 – The Jewish outlook.
- Denver, Colo., 1906-1912 – Franklin’s paper the statesman.
- Denver, Colo., 1912-1913 – Franklin’s paper the Denver star.
- Denver, Colo., 1913-1963 – The Denver star.
- Denver, Colo., 1915-19?? – Denver labor bulletin. [volume]
- Denver, Colo., 1915-1925 – The Denver Jewish news.
- Denver, Colo., 1925-current – Intermountain Jewish news. [volume]
- Dolores, Colo., 1897-1901 – The silver star.
- Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo., 1901-current – The Dolores star.
- Durango, Colo., 1899-1907 – Durango semi-weekly herald.
- Durango, Colo., 1907-1917 – Semi-weekly herald.
- Elbert, Elbert County, Colo., 18??-1920 – The Elbert County tribune. [volume]
- Elbert, Elbert County, Colo., 1897-1898 – The western recorder.
- Elizabeth, Colo., 1920-1921 – Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner.
- Elizabeth, Colo., 1921-19?? – Elbert County tribune.
- Florence, Colo., 1898-1903 – The Florence daily tribune.
- Florence, Colo., 1903-19?? – The daily tribune.
- Glenwood Springs, Colo., 1897-current – The Glenwood post.
- Grand Junction, Colo., 1893-current – The daily sentinel.
- Greeley, Colo., 1870-1913 – The Greeley tribune.
- Gunnison, Colo., 1902-1904 – Gunnison news-champion.
- Gunnison, Colo., 1904-1905 – Gunnison news-champion and tribune.
- Gunnison, Colo., 1905-1932 – Gunnison news-champion.
- Holly, Colo., 1897-1987 – The Holly chieftain.
- Holyoke, Colo., 1921-1927 – Phillips County herald.
- Holyoke, Logan County, Colo., 1887-1921 – The state herald.
- Idaho Springs, Colo., 1900-1905 – Idaho Springs siftings.
- Idaho Springs, Colo., 1905-19?? – The Idaho Springs siftings-news.
- Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo., 1880-19?? – The Elk Mountain pilot.
- Julesburg, Colo., 1899-1907 – The Grit-advocate.
- Julesburg, Colo., 1907-1972 – The Julesburg grit-advocate.
- Keota, Weld County, Colo., 1911-1922 – The Keota news.
- La Jara, Conejos County, Colo., 1896-19?? – The La Jara chronicle.
- La Junta, Bent County, Colo., 1881-1939 – La Junta tribune.
- Lamar, Colo., 1886-1889 – Bent County register.
- Lamar, Colo., 1889-1952 – The Lamar register.
- Marble, Colo., 1899-19?? – The Marble times and Crystal silver lance.
- Marble, Gunnison County, Colo., 1911-19?? – The Marble booster.
- Meeker, Colo., 1885-current – The Meeker herald.
- Monte Vista, Colo., 1921-1925 – Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter.
- Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo., 1888-1921 – The Monte Vista journal.
- New Raymer, Weld County, Colo., 1910-19?? – The Raymer enterprise.
- Ordway, Colo., 1902-1927 – The Ordway new era.
- Paonia, Colo., 1904-1910 – The newspaper.
- Paonia, Colo., 1910-1911 – The Paonia newspaper.
- Paonia, Colo., 1911-19?? – The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper.
- Pueblo, Colo., 1889-current – Pueblo chieftain.
- Pueblo, Colo., 1894-1911 – The indicator.
- Rocky Ford, Colo., 1887-1950 – Rocky Ford enterprise.
- Salt Lake City [Utah] ;, 1899-1920 – The Intermountain Catholic.
- San Luis, Colo., 1923-1939 – El democrata del condado de Costilla. [volume]
- Springfield, Baca County, Colo., 1887-1919 – The Springfield herald.
- Springfield, Baca County, Colo., 1919-19?? – The Democrat-herald.
- Trinidad, Colo., 1898-current – The chronicle=news.
- Walden, Colo., 1906-19?? – The new era.
- Walden, Larimer County, Colo., 1896-19?? – North Park union.
Google News Archive
- Cripple Creek – The Cripple Creek Mail
- Eads – Kiowa County Press
- Eaton – The North Weld Herald
- Eaton – The Eaton Herald
- Grand Junction – Grand Junction News
- Haxtun – Haxtun-Fleming Herald
- Hugo – Eastern Colorado Plainsman
- Nucla – San Miguel Basin Forum
- Nucla – San Miguel Forum
- Nucla – The Forum
- Pueblo – The Indicator
- Pueblo – The Pueblo Indicator
- Pueblo – The Individual
- Pueblo – The Pueblo Leader
- Saguache – The Saguache Crescent
- San Miguel – Forum
- Trinidad – The Trinidad Times Independent
- Wellington – The Wellington Tribune
Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
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- Abruzzo-Molise
- African Advocate
- Akron Weekly Pioneer Press
- Alamosa Journal
- Amache Hi It
- American Cattle Producer
- Ashcroft Herald
- Aspen Daily Leader
- Aspen Daily News
- B Notes
- Bent County Register
- Big Mama Rag
- Black Forest News
- Blizzard
- Blue Screw
- Boulder Daily Camera
- Breckenridge Bulletin
- Brightside
- Broomfield News
- Broomfield Picture News
- Broomfield Star
- Broomfield Star-Builder
- Buena Vista Democrat
- Buena Vista Herald
- Burlington Free Press
- Camp and Plant
- Camp Carson Mountaineer
- Canyon Courier
- Capitol Hill News
- Carbonate Chronicle
- Carrizo Weekly Miner
- Cervi’s Rocky Mountain Journal
- CFGA Newsletter
- Cheely’s Democrat
- Cherry Creek Pioneer
- Cherry Creek Pioneer – Metro State
- Cheyenne Record
- Cheyenne Wells Record
- Chinook
- Civic News
- Clay’s Review
- Clear Creek Democrat
- Clear Creek Miner
- Clear Creek Topics
- Cochetopa Gold Belt
- Collbran Oracle
- College Avenue – CSU Fort Collins
- Colorado Chronicle
- Colorado Daily – University of Colorado Boulder
- Colorado Democrat (Denver), 1874-1875
- Colorado Democrat (Denver), 1955-1977
- Colorado Farm & Ranch (Eads)
- Colorado Farm & Ranch (Sheridan Lake)
- Colorado Farmer
- Colorado Grain and Feed Association Digest
- Colorado Grain, Milling and Feed Dealers Association Bulletin
- Colorado Journal
- Colorado Mining Gazette
- Colorado Mountain Journal – CMC
- Colorado Post
- Colorado Republican
- Colorado School Journal
- Colorado Springs Farm News
- Colorado Springs Gazette
- Colorado Springs Independent
- Colorado Springs Minority Press
- Colorado Springs Observer
- Colorado Springs Sentinel
- Colorado State Capital
- Colorado State Republic
- Corriere di Trinidad
- Cortez Journal-Herald
- Cragmor – UCCS
- Cragmor Bluff – UCCS
- Cragmor Crest – UCCS
- Cragmor News – UCCS
- Cragmor News Dispatch – UCCS
- Cragmor Newsletter – UCCS
- Craig Empire Courier
- Crested Butte Gazette
- Crested Butte Republican
- Crystal River Current
- Daily Central City Register
- Daily Denver Mountaineer
- Daily Fair Programme
- Daily Hotel Reporter
- Daily Miners’ Register
- Denver Afternoon
- Denver Botanic Gardens Annual Report
- Denver Botanic Gardens Newsletter
- Denver Commercial Review
- Denver Daily Times
- Denver Hotel Bulletin
- Denver Jewish News
- Denver Labor Bulletin
- Denver Mirror
- Denver Mirror
- Denver Municipal Facts
- Denver Voice
- Denver Weekly Post
- Denver Weekly World
- Dillon Enterprise
- Dolores News
- Douglas County News-Press
- Dubois Chronicle
- Durango Semi-Weekly Herald
- Eagle County Examiner
- Eagle County Times
- East Denver Journal
- East Side Journal
- Eastern Colorado Times
- El Democrata del Condado de Costilla
- El Diario de la Gente
- El Gallo
- El Moro Monitor
- El Paso County Courier
- El Progreso
- El Valle Hispanic News
- Elbert County Banner
- Elbert County Tribune and Elbert County Banner
- Elk Mountain Bonanza
- Empire True Fissure
- Englewood Enterprise
- Equality
- Estes Park Trail Talk
- Falcon Herald
- Feed Back
- Florence Refiner
- Fort Collins Courier
- Fort Collins Standard
- Fort Lewis Independent – FLC
- Fort Lewis In-Toto – FLC
- Fourth Estate – University of Colorado Denver
- Free Enterprise
- Freedom Now for Lt. Howe
- Gazette Telegraph
- General News
- Georgetown Courier
- Getting Together
- Glas Svobode
- Gold Rush Gazette
- Golden Transcript
- Golden Weekly Globe
- Gothic Miner
- Granada Bulletin
- Granada Pioneer
- Grand Valley Star
- Grand Valley Star-Times
- Gunnison News-Champion
- Gunnison Review-Press
- Hinsdale Phonograph
- Huerfano County News
- Idaho Springs Advance
- Idaho Springs Siftings
- IL Co-Operatore
- IL Risveglio
- Inside the Gardens
- Insight – UCCS
- Intermountain Jewish News
- Intertribal News – FLC
- Jackson County Star
- Jefferson County Graphic
- Journal-Sentinel
- Julesburg Grit
- Junior Pioneer
- Kiowa County Press
- Kit Carson County Record
- L’ Unione
- La Cucaracha
- La Hermandad
- La Junta Tribune
- La Plata Miner
- La Voz Del Valle
- La Voz Hispana de Colorado
- La Voz Nueva
- Las Animas County News
- Las Animas Leader
- Las Animas Populist
- Le Alpi
- Leadville Daily Herald
- Leadville Democrat
- Leadville Weekly Democrat
- Leadville Weekly Herald
- Littleton Independent
- Longmont Ledger
- Longmont Times
- Longmont Times-Call
- Longs Peak Rustler
- Loveland Daily Herald
- Loveland Reporter
- Mancos Times
- Marsica Nuovo
- Metropolitan – Metro State
- Mir
- Moffat County Courier
- Moffat Home and Farm
- Montage – UCCS
- Montezuma Journal
- Montezuma Millrun
- Montrose Daily Press
- Morgan County Republican
- Morrison Monitor
- Mountain Mail
- NARF Legal Review
- National Populist
- New Castle Nonpareil
- New Eden
- North Park Union
- Ouray Times
- OUT FRONT
- Out West
- Outlook
- Over the Feed Bunk
- Pabor’s Pictorial, Rocky Mountain World
- Palmer Lake-Monument News
- Park County Bulletin
- Park Hill Reporter
- Phillips County Herald
- Pike’s Peak Daily News
- Pike’s Peak Echo – Colorado College
- Pikes Peak Hemp Coalition
- Pitkin Independent
- Pomeroy’s Democrat
- Progress (Denver)
- Protestant Herald
- Protestant Nation
- Public Opinion
- Pueblo Sunday Opinion
- Pulse
- Reach – CSU Fort Collins
- Republican Journal
- Rico Record
- Rocky Ford Enterprise
- Rocky Mountain Cricket
- Rocky Mountain JIHO
- Rocky Mountain Reveille
- Rocky Mountain Sun
- Rocky Mountain Sunday School Casket
- Rosita Index
- Routt County Courier
- Routt County Republican
- Saguache Advance
- Saguache Chronicle
- Saguache Crescent
- Saguache Democrat
- San Juan Journal
- San Luis Valley Courier
- Servian Echo (Srpski Odjek)
- Silver Cliff Rustler
- Silver Plume Mining News
- Silver Record
- Silver World
- Silverton Miner
- Silverton Standard
- Sky High Digest
- Smoke Signals – FLC
- South Side Citizen
- Spar City Spark
- Spring Valley Messenger – CMC
- Srbin
- St. Elmo Mountaineer
- Stanley Capsules
- Summer Session News Letter – CSU Fort Collins
- Sunshine Courier
- Surface Creek Champion
- Svensk-Amerikanska Western
- Telluride Republican
- Tenshun, 21!
- The Adams County News
- The Akron News
- The Alamosa Courier
- The Altrurian
- The Arbitrator
- The Arrow – CSU Pueblo
- The Arvada Enterprise
- The Aspen Daily Chronicle
- The Aspen Daily Times
- The Aspen Democrat
- The Aspen Democrat-Times
- The Aspen Morning Sun
- The Aspen Times (weekly)
- The Aspen Tribune
- The Aspen Union Era
- The Aspen Weekly Chronicle
- The Aspen Weekly Press
- The Auraria Transcript – Metro State
- The Aurarian – Metro State
- The Aurora Advocate
- The Aurora Democrat
- The Aurora Star Sentinel
- The Avalanche
- The Avalanche – Echo
- The Banner
- The Barnum Citizen
- The Basalt Journal
- The Bayfield Blade
- The Beaver – FLC
- The Bessemer Indicator
- The Black Diamond World
- The Blue Valley Times
- The Bonanza Bee
- The Boulder County Courier
- The Boulder County News
- The Boulder County Pioneer
- The Boulder News and Courier
- The Brandon Bell
- The Brandon News
- The Branson Leader
- The Branson News
- The Broomfield Builder
- The Broomfield Enterprise
- The Brown and Gold – Regis University
- The Brush Lariat
- The Brush News
- The Brush News-Tribune
- The Brush Tribune
- The Bryan Democrat
- The Calhan News and The Ramah Record
- The Camp Hale Ski-Zette
- The Canon City Record
- The Castle Rock Journal
- The Centennial
- The Center Dispatch
- The Chaffee County Democrat
- The Chaffee County Record
- The Chaffee County Republican
- The Chaffee County Times
- The Champion
- The Cheyenne News and The Ivywild Times
- The Chronicle-News
- The Clarion
- The Colorado Antelope
- The Colorado Banner
- The Colorado City Iris
- The Colorado City Journal
- The Colorado Collegian – Colorado College
- The Colorado Daily Chieftain
- The Colorado Democrat
- The Colorado Exchange Journal
- The Colorado Miner (Daily)
- The Colorado Miner (Weekly)
- The Colorado Mountaineer
- The Colorado Nail
- The Colorado Patriot
- The Colorado Statesman
- The Colorado Topics
- The Colorado Transcript
- The Colorado Voice
- The Colorado Weekly Chieftain
- The Columbine Herald
- The Courier Weekender
- The Cow-Boy Round-Up
- The Craig Courier
- The Craig Empire
- The Creede Candle
- The Creede Chronicle
- The Crestone Miner
- The Crucible – UNC
- The Cycling West
- The Daily Colorado Republican and Rocky Mountain Herald
- The Daily Colorado Tribune
- The Daily Commonwealth
- The Daily Denver Gazette
- The Daily Enterprise
- The Daily Gazette
- The Daily Herald (Silver Cliff)
- The Daily Herald and Rocky Mountain Advertiser
- The Daily Journal (Telluride)
- The Daily Mining Journal
- The Daily Montrose Enterprise
- The Daily Muldoon
- The Daily Populist
- The Daily Register-Call
- The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction)
- The Daily Southwest
- The Daily Times
- The Delta Chief
- The Delta Independent
- The Democrat-Herald
- The Democratic Record
- The Denver Argonaut
- The Denver Blade
- The Denver Citizen
- The Denver Clarion – University of Denver
- The Denver Daily Tribune
- The Denver Dispatch
- The Denver Exchange Journal
- The Denver Financial News
- The Denver Mercury
- The Denver News-Letter
- The Denver Press
- The Denver Star
- The Denver Tribune
- The Denver World
- The Dillon Enterprise
- The Dolores Star
- The Douglas County News
- The Durango Democrat
- The Durango Klansman
- The Durango Telegraph
- The Durango Wage Earner
- The Eagle County Blade
- The Eagle County News
- The Eagle Eye
- The Eagle Valley Enterprise
- The Earnest Christian
- The Eckley Tribune
- The Elbert County Tribune
- The Elk Mountain Pilot
- The Englewood Herald
- The Erie News
- The Estes Park Trail
- The Evening Call
- The Evening Chronicle
- The Evening Post
- The Evening Star
- The Fairplay Flume
- The Falconews – Air Force Academy
- The Florence Daily Herald
- The Florence Daily Tribune
- The Fort Collins Express
- The Fort Lewis Collegian – FLC
- The Fort Morgan Times
- The Fountain Herald
- The Fountain Valley News
- The Fowler Tribune
- The Free Press
- The Fremont County Record
- The Front Range Daily Star
- The Fulford Signal
- The Garfield Banner
- The Gilpin Observer
- The Glenwood Post
- The Glenwood Post and The Weekly Ledger
- The Golden Perhaps
- The Granada Christian Church News
- The Grand Valley News
- The Great Divide
- The Great Southwest
- The Great West
- The Greeley Tribune
- The Grit-Advocate
- The Gunnison Daily News-Democrat
- The Gunnison Daily Review
- The Gunnison Democrat
- The Gunnison News
- The Gunnison Review (Weekly)
- The Gunnison Tribune
- The Gypsum Democrat
- The Haswell Herald
- The Herald
- The Herald Democrat
- The Hesperus – University of Denver
- The Highlighter – RMHS
- The Holly Chieftain
- The Holy Cross Trail
- The Home Mirror
- The Howler – MHS
- The Huerfano Cactus
- The Idaho Springs Iris
- The Idaho Springs Mining Gazette
- The Idaho Springs News
- The Idaho Springs Reporter
- The Idaho Springs Siftings-News
- The Ignacio Chieftain
- The Independent
- The Indicator
- The Inter Mountain
- The Jefferson County Republican
- The Jewish Outlook
- The Julesburg Advocate
- The Keota News
- The Kremmling News
- The La Jara Chronicle
- The Labor Advocate
- The Labor Enquirer
- The Lafayette Leader
- The Lafayette News
- The Lake City Mining Register
- The Lake City Phonograph
- The Lake City Times
- The Lamar Register
- The Leader
- The Leadville Daily/Evening Chronicle
- The Logan County Advocate
- The Longmont Call
- The Longmont Press
- The Louisville Times
- The Loveland Register
- The Lyons Recorder
- The Magnet
- The Mancos Times – Tribune
- The Manitou Item
- The Manzanola Sun
- The Marble Booster
- The Marble City Times and Clarence Chronicle
- The Marble Times and Crystal Silver Lance
- The Meeker Herald
- The Mesita Herald
- The Middle Park Times
- The Miners’ Magazine
- The Mining Investor
- The Mining World
- The Mirror – UNC
- The Moffat County Bell
- The Monocle – FLC
- The Monte Vista Journal
- The Montrose Enterprise
- The Montrose Press
- The Monument Mentor
- The Morning Democrat
- The Morning Journal
- The Morning Times
- The Mountain Echo
- The Mountain Mirror
- The Mountain-Ear
- The Mountaineer
- The National Issue
- The New Castle News
- The New Critic
- The New Era
- The New West
- The News Free Press
- The Newspaper
- The North Park Miner
- The Norwood Post
- The Oak Creek Times
- The Occident – Colorado College
- The Oil Shale Outlook
- The Olathe Criterion
- The Ordway New Era
- The Oredigger – School of Mines
- The Otero County Eagle
- The Ouray Herald
- The Owl – BHS
- The Pagosa Journal
- The Pagosa Springs News
- The Palisade Tribune
- The Pantagraph
- The Paonia Newspaper
- The Paonia Progressive and the Paonia Newspaper
- The Paper – Metro State
- The People
- The People (Denver)
- The People’s Champion
- The Pike’s Peak News
- The Pilot
- The Pitkin Bulletin
- The Plaindealer (Colorado Springs)
- The Plaindealer (Ouray)
- The Plateau Voice
- The Populist
- The Prep Owl – BHS
- The Producer
- The Progress
- The Pueblo Courier
- The Pueblo Labor Advocate
- The Pueblo Sun
- The Queen Bee
- The Range Ledger
- The Raymer Enterprise
- The Record Journal of Douglas County
- The Recount
- The Republican-Advocate
- The Rico Item
- The Rico News-Sun
- The Rifle Reveille
- The Rifle Telegram
- The Rocky Mountain American
- The Rocky Mountain Celt
- The Rocky Mountain Collegian – CSU Fort Collins
- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily)
- The Rocky Mountain News (Weekly)
- The Rocky Mountain Screech Owl
- The Routt County Sentinel
- The Royal Banner – FHS
- The Saccharine Gazette
- The Salida Mail
- The Salida Record
- The San Juan
- The San Juan Prospector
- The San Miguel Examiner
- The Security Advertiser and the Fountain Valley News
- The Sentry – University of Colorado Denver
- The Sierra Journal (Rosita)
- The Silver Age
- The Silver and Gold – University of Colorado Boulder
- The Silver Cliff Weekly Herald
- The Silver Lance
- The Silver Plume Coloradoan
- The Silver Standard
- The Silver Star
- The Silverite-Plaindealer
- The Silverton Democrat
- The Solid Muldoon (Weekly)
- The South Coloradan – Adams State University
- The Southwest
- The Springfield Herald
- The Springs Echo
- The Star Courier
- The State Herald
- The State Mining Journal
- The Statesman
- The Steamboat Pilot
- The Sterling Democrat
- The Straight Creek Journal
- The Stuart Chronicle
- The Sugar City Gazette
- The Summit County Journal
- The Summit County Journal & Breckenridge Bulletin
- The Sun
- The Telegram-Reveille
- The Teller Topics
- The Telluride Journal
- The Tenderfoot – SHS
- The Tiger – Colorado College
- The Tin Cup Banner
- The Tin Cup Record
- The Tomahawk
- The Tramway Bulletin
- The Tri-City Journal
- The Vail Trail
- The Victor Record
- The Vidette
- The Voice of Colorado
- The Walsenburg Cactus
- The Walsenburg World
- The Walsenburg Yucca
- The Ward Miner
- The Weekly Commonwealth
- The Weekly Courier
- The Weekly Journal
- The Weekly Star-Times
- The Weekly Times Journal
- The Wellspring
- The West Creek Mining News
- The West Creek Times
- The West Side Citizen
- The Western Irishman
- The Western Mountaineer
- The Western Oil World
- The Western Recorder
- The Western Slope Criterion
- The Westland
- The Whitehorn News
- The Wild Horse Times
- The Woman Voter
- The Woman’s Crier
- The World-Independent
- The Wray Gazette
- The Wray Rattler
- The Wray Weekly Times
- The Yampa Leader
- The Yuma Pioneer
- Through the Leaves
- Today – CSU Pueblo
- Top O’ The World – WCU
- Trade and Labor
- Transition – CSU Fort Collins
- Trinidad Enterprise
- Trinidad Trojan Tribune
- Troy Settler
- Turret Gold Belt
- Twin Lakes Miner
- UCCS News – UCCS
- UCCS Weekly – UCCS
- United Labor Bulletin
- USC Today – CSU Pueblo
- Ute Pass Weekly News
- Washington County Leader
- Water Valley Clarion
- Weekly Denver Tribune
- Weekly Ignacio Chieftain
- Weekly Peanut – University of Denver
- Weekly Register-Call
- West Side Recorder
- Western Colorado Report
- Western Colorado: A Fruit, Farm and Sugar Beet Journal
- Westminster Journal
- Wet Mountain Tribune
- Wheat Ridge Sentinel
- White Pine Cone
- Wray Gazette
- Wray Rattler
- Wray Weekly Times
- Yuma Pioneer
County and Library Collections:
San Juan County Historical Society
- Animas Forks Pioneer
- Daily Standard
- Democrat Herald
- La Plata Miner
- Red Mountain Pilot
- Red Mountain Review
- San Juan
- San Juan Courier
- San Juan Democrat
- San Juan Herald
- San Juan Mountain Register
- Silverton Democrat
- Silverton Democrat Herald
- Silverton Miner
- Silverton Standard
- Silverton Weekly Miner
- The San Juan Mountain Register
- The Silverton Standard
- The Silverton Standard and the Miner
- Silverton Weekly Miner And Red Mountain Journal
- Silverton Weekly Miner And San Juan Democrat
Student Collections:
Adams State University – Alamosa
Air Force Academy – Colorado Springs
Cathedral High School – Denver
Colorado Christian University – Lakewood
Colorado College – Colorado Springs
Colorado Mesa University – Grand Junction
Colorado School of Mines – Golden
Colorado State University – Fort Collins
Colorado State University – Pueblo
Fort Lewis College – Durango
Front Range Community College – Westminster
Metro State University – Denver
Mt. Carmel High School – Denver
Nazarene Bible College – Colorado Springs
Regis University – Denver
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design – Denver
St. Joseph High School – Denver
University of Colorado – Boulder
University of Colorado – Colorado Springs
- Cragmor Bluff
- Cragmor Crest
- Cragmor News
- Cragmor News Dispatch
- Cragmor Newsletter
- Insight
- Montage
- UCCS News
- UCCS Weekly
University of Colorado – Denver
University of Denver – Denver
University of Northern Colorado – Greeley
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
- 1887 Loveland Reporter
- 1908 Mountaineer
- 1912-1914 Estes Park Trail
- 1915 Estes Park Alikasai
- 1920 Trail Talk
- 1921-1925 Estes Park Trail
Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers
- Big Mama Rag
- Blue Screw
- Bombay Gin
- Freedom For Lt. Howe Newsletter
- Getting Together
- La Voz Hispana de Colorado
- La Voz Nueva
- NARF Legal Review
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Castle Rock – 1845 News (Company 1845)
- Castle Rock – Rocket Echoes (Company 1845)
- Castle Rock – Rocket (Company 1845)
- Glenwood Springs – Lookout Outlook (Company 826)
- Glenwood Springs – Lookout (Company 826)
- Springfield – Gusts O’ Dust (Company 3827)
- Springfield – Gusts O’ Dust (Company 3827)
- Stonewall – Woodpecker (Company 1809)
- Sunbeam – The Last Outpost (Company 2127)
- Sunbeam – The Sunbeam (Company 2127)
- Eastern Colorado Plainsman
- Haxtun-Flemming Herald
- Hugo Eastern Colorado Plainsman
- Kiowa County Press
- The North Weld Herald
- The Saguache Crescent
- San Miguel Basin Forum
- The Trinidad Times Independent
- Wellington Tribune
- Ault Booster Eaton
- Ault Progress Eaton
- Eaton Herald Eaton
Old Fulton Postcards
Newspaper Abstracts – Colorado
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Colorado Springs
Denver
- Denver Catholic Register
- Denver Catholic Register
- Catholic Register
- Catholic Register
- Colorado Catholic
- El Pueblo Catolico
- Il Grido Del Popolo (Italian)
- Rokkī Nippon / ロッキー日本 [The Rocky Nippon], (Denver, CO)
- Rokkī Shinpō / ロッキー新報 [The Rocky Shimpo], (Denver, CO)
- Santō Jiji / 山東時事 [The Santo Times], (Denver, CO)
- Kakushu jiji = Colorado times.
- Rokkī shimpō = Rocky shimpo.
- Roma
- Westword
Granada
Pueblo
Yuma
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 23 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Ancestry – Colorado Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 290 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank – Colorado Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 55 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive – Colorado
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 55 publications available on this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com – Colorado.
And Finally:
You also need to visit the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online newspaper availability.
Please note – even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course, there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
For more links for different states, provinces, and countries – please see the Newspaper Links page on this website.
For all Free Colorado Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Yearbooks
Births
Marriages
Deaths
BMD Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Coroner Records
Criminal Records
Digital Archives
Directories
Divorce Records
Immigration Records
Institutional Records
Military Records
Mortuary Records
Naturalizations
Obituaries
Photos
Probate and Wills
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Records
2 replies on “Colorado Online Historical Newspapers Summary”
It’s an amazingly difficult process to find 19th century Colorado newspaper archives online. There seem to be scattered copies of a few papers but I’m still having trouble just finding out which Colorado papers were being published in my target year (1893) and which papers were the most prominent in the state.
I’m kind of surprised Colorado doesn’t have a better archive than this. New York’s archive is magnificent in comparison and even Chicago’s is better. Colorado needs to get its act together.
Hi Mara-
I just stumbled upon your comment on theAncestorHunt.com site regarding your difficulty finding titles in Colorado newspapers for 1893. I am sorry that you have been having this difficulty. In late 2015 the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) migrated our collection to a new platform and have since added more than 1 million additional pages of historic Colorado content. There is greater searching capability on this new platform, and many more ways to interact with the great historic news available. I did a quick search for your target year and have found many newspaper titles that published in 1893. Here is a quick list of what I found.
Colorado Daily Chieftain
Herald Democrat
Aspen Daily Chronicle
Aspen Daily Times
Leadville Daily/Evening Chronicle
Avalanche, The
Boulder Daily Camera
Aspen Weekly Times
Avalanche – Echo
Greeley Tribune
Bessemer Indicator
Fort Morgan Times
Colorado Transcript
Pagosa Springs News
Silver Cliff Rustler
Fort Collins Courier
Salida Mail
Fairplay Flume
Silver Standard
Silverton Standard
Mancos Times
Rocky Mountain Sun
Idaho Springs News
Loveland Leader
Castle Rock Journal
Colorado Democrat
Lamar Register
Buena Vista Herald
New Castle News
Meeker Herald
Saguache Crescent
Queen Bee
Walsenburg World
Colorado Miner (Weekly)
Candle (Creede)
Pantagraph
Svensk-Amerikanska Western
Silver and Gold – University of Co…
Rocky Ford Enterprise
Marble City Times
Fulford Signal
Delta Independent
Colorado Collegian – Colorado Coll…
Rocky Mountain Collegian – CSU For…
Hesperus – University of Denver
Summit County Journal
Littleton Independent
Aspen Daily Leader
I hope that you have had the opportunity to use our new(ish) site and that you are having more success with your searches and research. If you need help finding things – or want to know more information about the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection and how we grow our service – we would love to hear from you. https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/forum/forums/