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 December, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America - Colorado
- Bessemer, Colo., 18??-1894 - The Bessemer indicator.
- Canon City, Colo., 1877-18?? - The Fremont County record.
- Cañon City, Colo., 1883-192? - Cañon City record.
- 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.
- Delta, Colo., 1886-19?? - The Delta independent.
- Delta, Delta County, Colo., 1883-1886 - Delta chief.
- Denver, Colo., 18??-1906 - The statesman.
- 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., 1915-1925 - The Denver Jewish news.
- Grand Junction, Colo., 1893-current - The daily sentinel.
- Greeley, Colo., 1870-1913 - The Greeley tribune.
- Irwin, (Ruby Camp), Gunnison County, Colo., 1880-19?? - The Elk Mountain pilot.
- Keota, Weld County, Colo., 1911-1922 - The Keota news.
- La Junta, Bent County, Colo., 1881-1939 - La Junta tribune.
- Lamar, Colo., 1886-1889 - Bent County register.
- Lamar, Colo., 1889-1952 - The Lamar register.
- Meeker, Colo., 1885-current - The Meeker herald.
- New Raymer, Weld County, Colo., 1910-19?? - The Raymer enterprise.
- Ordway, Colo., 1902-1927 - The Ordway new era.
- 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.
- 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
- Adams County News
- Akron Weekly Pioneer Press
- Alamosa Courier
- Alamosa Journal
- Altrurian
- Amache Hi It
- Arbitrator
- Arrow - CSU Pueblo
- Ashcroft Herald
- Aspen Daily Chronicle
- Aspen Daily Leader
- Aspen Daily Times
- Aspen Democrat
- Aspen Democrat-Times
- Aspen Morning Sun
- Aspen Tribune
- Aspen Union Era
- Aspen Weekly Chronicle
- Aspen Weekly Press
- Aspen Weekly Times
- Auraria Transcript - Metro State
- Aurarian - Metro State
- Aurora Advocate
- Aurora Democrat
- Avalanche
- Avalanche Echo
- Basalt Journal
- Bayfield Blade
- Bent County Register
- Bessemer Indicator
- Big Mama Rag
- Blizzard
- Blue Valley Times
- Boulder County Courier
- Boulder County News
- Boulder County Pioneer
- Boulder Daily Camera
- Boulder News and Courier
- Brandon Bell
- Brandon News
- Breckenridge Bulletin
- Broomfield Builder
- Broomfield Enterprise
- Broomfield News
- Broomfield Picture News
- Broomfield Star
- Broomfield Star-Builder
- Brown and Gold - Regis University
- Brush Lariat
- Brush News
- Brush News-Tribune
- Brush Tribune
- Bryan Democrat
- Buena Vista Democrat
- Buena Vista Herald
- Burlington Free Press
- Camp Carson Mountaineer
- Camp Hale Ski-Zette
- Candle (Creede)
- Cañon City Record
- Carbonate Chronicle
- Castle Rock Journal
- Centennial
- Chaffee County Democrat
- Chaffee County Record
- Chaffee County Republican
- Chaffee County Times
- Cherry Creek Pioneer - Metro State
- Cheyenne Record
- Cheyenne Wells Record
- Chronicle-News
- Clear Creek Democrat
- Clear Creek Topics
- Collbran Oracle
- Colorado Antelope
- Colorado Banner
- Colorado Collegian - Colorado College
- Colorado Daily Chieftain
- Colorado Democrat
- Colorado Farm & Ranch
- Colorado Farm & Ranch (Sheridan Lake)
- Colorado Journal
- Colorado Miner (Daily)
- Colorado Miner (Weekly)
- Colorado Mining Gazette
- Colorado Mountaineer
- Colorado Patriot
- Colorado Post
- Colorado Republican
- Colorado Springs Gazette
- Colorado Transcript
- Colorado Weekly Chieftain
- Co-Operatore, IL
- Corriere di Trinidad
- Courier Weekender
- Cragmor - UCCS
- Cragmor Bluff - UCCS
- Cragmor Crest - UCCS
- Cragmor News - UCCS
- Cragmor News-Dispatch - UCCS
- Cragmor Newsletter - UCCS
- Craig Courier
- Craig Empire
- Craig Empire Courier
- Crested Butte Gazette
- Crested Butte Republican
- Crestone Miner
- Crystal River Current
- Cucaracha, La
- Daily Colorado Miner
- Daily Colorado Republican and Rocky Mountain Herald
- Daily Colorado Tribune
- Daily Commonwealth
- Daily Denver Gazette
- Daily Denver Tribune
- Daily Gazette
- Daily Herald (Silver Cliff)
- Daily Journal (Telluride)
- Daily Mining Journal
- Daily Muldoon
- Daily Register Call
- Daily Sentinel
- Daily Times (Longmont)
- Delta Chief
- Delta Independent
- Democrat-Herald
- Denver Clarion - University of Denver
- Denver Daily Times
- Denver Jewish News
- Denver Mirror
- Denver Star
- Denver Tribune
- Denver Voice
- Diario de la Gente, El
- Dillon Enterprise
- Dolores News
- Douglas County News
- Douglas County News-Press
- Dubois Chronicle
- Durango Democrat
- Durango Wage Earner
- Eagle County Blade
- Eagle County Examiner
- Eagle County News
- Eagle County Times
- Eagle Valley Enterprise
- Eastern Colorado Times
- Eckley Tribune
- Elbert County Banner
- Elk Mountain Bonanza
- Elk Mountain Pilot
- Empire True Fissure
- Englewood Enterprise
- Englewood Herald
- Erie News
- Estes Park Trail
- Estes Park Trail Talk
- Evening Call - Daily Register
- Fairplay Flume
- Falconews - Air Force Academy
- Fort Collins Courier
- Fort Collins Express
- Fort Collins Standard
- Fort Morgan Times
- Fourth Estate - University of Colorado Denver
- Fowler Tribune
- Free Enterprise
- Fremont County Record
- Front Range Daily Star
- Fulford Signal
- Garfield Banner
- Georgetown Courier
- Glas Svobode
- Glenwood Post
- Glenwood Post and Weekly Ledger
- Gold Rush Gazette
- Golden Transcript
- Golden Weekly Globe
- Gothic Miner
- Granada Bulletin
- Granada Christian Church News
- Granada Pioneer
- Grand Valley News
- Great Divide
- Greeley Tribune
- Grit-Advocate
- Gunnison Daily News-Democrat
- Gunnison Democrat
- Gunnison News
- Haswell Herald
- Herald
- Herald Democrat
- Hermandad, La
- Hesperus - University of Denver
- Holy Cross Trail
- Idaho Springs Advance
- Idaho Springs Iris
- Idaho Springs News
- Idaho Springs Reporter
- Idaho Springs Siftings
- Idaho Springs Siftings-News
- Ignacio Chieftain
- Indicator
- Insight - UCCS
- Inter Mountain, The
- Jewish Outlook
- Julesburg Advocate
- Julesburg Grit
- Junior Pioneer
- Keota News
- Kiowa County Press
- Kit Carson County Record
- La Junta Tribune
- Labor Advocate
- Lafayette Leader
- Lafayette News
- Lake City Mining Register
- Lamar Register
- Las Animas Leader
- Las Animas Populist
- Leadville Daily Herald
- Leadville Daily/Evening Chronicle
- Leadville Democrat
- Leadville Weekly Democrat
- Leadville Weekly Herald
- Littleton Independent
- Logan County Advocate
- Longmont Ledger
- Longmont Press
- Longmont Times
- Louisville Times
- Loveland Daily Herald
- Loveland Leader
- Loveland Register
- Loveland Reporter
- Lyons Recorder
- Mancos Times
- Mancos Times - Tribune
- Manzanola Sun
- Marble Booster
- Marble City Times
- Marble Times and Crystal Silver Lance
- Marsica Nuova
- Meeker Herald
- Mesita Herald
- Metropolitan - Metro State
- Middle Park Times
- Miners' Magazine
- Mir
- Moffat County Bell
- Moffat County Courier
- Moffat Home and Farm
- Montage - UCCS
- Montezuma Journal
- Montezuma Millrun
- Montrose Daily Press
- Montrose Enterprise
- Montrose Press
- Morgan County Republican
- Morning Times
- Mountain Echo
- Mountain Mail
- Mountaineer
- New Castle News
- New Castle Nonpareil
- New Critic
- New Era
- News Free Press
- North Park Union
- Norwood Post
- Oak Creek Times
- Occident - Colorado College
- Ordway New Era
- Oredigger - School of Mines
- Ouray Herald
- Ouray Times
- Out West
- Pagosa Springs News
- Palisade Tribune
- Pantagraph
- Paper - Metro State
- Park County Bulletin
- People
- Pike's Peak Echo - Colorado College
- Pikes Peak Hemp Coalition
- Pilot, The
- Plaindealer
- Plateau Voice
- Progreso, El
- Pulse
- Queen Bee
- Range Ledger
- Raymer Enterprise
- Record Journal of Douglas
- Republican-Advocate
- Rifle Reveille
- Rifle Telegram
- Risveglio, IL
- Rocky Ford Enterprise
- Rocky Mountain American
- Rocky Mountain Collegian - CSU Fort Collins
- Rocky Mountain News
- Rocky Mountain News Weekly
- Rocky Mountain Sun
- Rocky Mountain Sunday School Casket
- Rosita Index
- Routt County Courier
- Routt County Republican
- Routt County Sentinel
- Saccharine Gazette
- Saguache Advance
- Saguache Chronicle
- Saguache Crescent
- Saguache Democrat
- Salida Mail
- Salida Record
- San Juan Prospector
- San Luis Valley Courier
- San Miguel Examiner
- Sentry - University of Colorado Denver
- Servian Echo
- Sierra Journal (Rosita)
- Silver and Gold - University of Colorado Boulder
- Silver Cliff Rustler
- Silver Cliff Weekly Herald
- Silver Lance
- Silver Plume Coloradoan
- Silver Plume Mining News
- Silver Record
- Silver Standard
- Silver World
- Silverite-Plaindealer
- Silverton Standard
- Solid Muldoon Weekly
- South Coloradan - Adams State
- Springfield Herald
- Srbin
- St. Elmo Mountaineer
- Stanley Capsules
- Star Courier
- State Herald
- Statesman
- Steamboat Pilot
- Sterling Democrat
- Stuart Chronicle
- Sugar City Gazette
- Summit County Journal
- Summit County Journal & Breckenridge Bulletin
- Surface Creek Champion
- Svensk-Amerikanska Western
- Telegram-Reveille
- Telluride Journal
- Tiger - Colorado College
- Tin Cup Banner
- Tin Cup Record
- Today - CSU Pueblo
- Tri-City Journal
- Trinidad Enterprise
- Turret Gold Belt
- Twin Lakes Miner
- UCCS News - UCCS
- UCCS Weekly - UCCS
- Unione, L'
- USC Today - CSU Pueblo
- Voz Del Valle, La
- Walsenburg World
- Water Valley Clarion
- Weekly Commonwealth
- Weekly Courier
- Weekly Ignacio Chieftain
- Weekly Peanut - University of Denver
- West Creek Mining News
- West Side Recorder
- Western Mountaineer
- Western Slope Criterion
- Westland
- Westminster Journal
- Wet Mountain Tribune
- White Pine Cone
- Whitehorn News
- Woman Voter
- Wray Gazette
- Wray Rattler
- Wray Weekly Times
- Yampa Leader
- 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 Democrat
- San Juan Herald
- San Juan Mountain Register
- Silverton Democrat
- Silverton Democrat Herald
- Silverton Standard
- Silverton Weekly Miner
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
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Estes Park Newspapers
- 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
- NARF Legal Review
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Castle Rock - 1845 News (Company 1845)
- Glenwood Springs - Lookout (Company 826)
- Glenwood Springs - Lookout Outlook (Company 826)
- Springfield - Gusts O' Dust (Company 3827)
- Springfield - Gusts O' Dust (Company 3827)
- Sunbeam - The Last Outpost (Company 2127)
Small Town Papers
- 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
Pikes Peak NewsFinder
The Olden Times - Colorado
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
- Colorado Springs Gazette (Index only)
- Colorado Catholic Herald
- Denver Catholic Register
- Denver Catholic Register
- Catholic Register
- Catholic Register
- Colorado Catholic
- El Pueblo Catolico - 2003-present
- Kakushu jiji = Colorado times.
- Rokkī shimpō = Rocky shimpo.
- Roma
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 24 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Colorado Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 256 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Colorado Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 90 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Colorado
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 13 publications available at 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.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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