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, 2020; 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.
- Canon City, Colo., 1911-192? - The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon.
- 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.
- 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., 1889-1906 - The statesman.
- Denver, Colo., 1895-1961 - The Colorado statesman. [volume]
- 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.
- 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.
- Grand Junction, Colo., 1893-current - The daily sentinel.
- Greeley, Colo., 1870-1913 - The Greeley tribune.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Akron Weekly Pioneer Press
- Alamosa Journal
- Amache Hi It
- Ashcroft Herald
- Aspen Daily Leader
- Bent County Register
- Big Mama Rag
- 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 Carson Mountaineer
- Candle (Creede)
- Carbonate Chronicle
- Carrizo Weekly Miner
- Cherry Creek Pioneer - Metro State
- Cheyenne Record
- Cheyenne Wells Record
- Chinook
- Clear Creek Democrat
- Clear Creek Topics
- Collbran Oracle
- Colorado Farm & Ranch (Eads)
- Colorado Farm & Ranch (Sheridan Lake)
- Colorado Farmer
- Colorado Journal
- Colorado Mining Gazette
- Colorado Mountain Journal - CMC
- Colorado Patriot
- Colorado Post
- Colorado Republican
- Colorado Springs Gazette
- 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
- Creede Candle
- Crested Butte Gazette
- Crested Butte Republican
- Crystal River Current
- Cucaracha, La
- Daily Central City Register
- Daily Colorado Miner
- Daily Denver Tribune
- Daily Miners' Register
- Denver Daily Times
- Denver Jewish News
- Denver Labor Bulletin
- Denver Mirror
- Denver Municipal Facts
- Denver Voice
- Denver Weekly Post
- Dillon Enterprise
- Dolores News
- Douglas County News-Press
- Dubois Chronicle
- Eagle County Examiner
- Eagle County Times
- East Denver Journal
- Eastern Colorado Times
- Eckley Tribune
- El Democrata del Condado de Costilla
- El Diario de la Gente
- El Gallo
- El Progreso
- El Valle Hispanic News
- Elbert County Banner
- Elbert County Tribune and Elbert County Banner
- Elk Mountain Bonanza
- Empire True Fissure
- Englewood Enterprise
- Estes Park Trail Talk
- Evening Call - Daily Register
- 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 for Lt. Howe Newsletter
- 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 Review-Press
- Herald Democrat
- Hinsdale Phonograph
- Huerfano County News
- Idaho Springs Advance
- Idaho Springs Siftings
- IL Co-Operatore
- IL Risveglio
- Insight - UCCS
- Intertribal News - FLC
- Jefferson County Graphic
- Julesburg Grit
- Junior Pioneer
- Kiowa County Press
- Kit Carson County Record
- L' Unione
- La Cucaracha
- La Hermandad
- La Junta Tribune
- La Voz Del Valle
- La Voz Hispana de Colorado
- La Voz Nueva
- Las Animas County News
- Las Animas Leader
- Las Animas Populist
- Leadville Daily Herald
- Leadville Democrat
- Leadville Weekly Democrat
- Leadville Weekly Herald
- Littleton Independent
- Longmont Ledger
- Longmont Times
- Longs Peak Rustler
- Loveland Daily Herald
- Loveland Leader
- Loveland Reporter
- Lyons Recorder
- Mancos Times
- Marble City 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
- Mountain Mail (Salida)
- NARF Legal Review
- New Castle Nonpareil
- North Park Union
- Ouray Times
- Out West
- Outlook
- Pabor's Pictorial, Rocky Mountain World
- Park County Bulletin
- Phillips County Herald
- Pike's Peak Echo - Colorado College
- Pikes Peak Hemp Coalition
- Pitkin Independent
- Protestant Herald
- Protestant Nation
- Pueblo Sunday Opinion
- Pulse
- Record Journal of Douglas County
- Rocky Ford Enterprise
- Rocky Mountain News
- Rocky Mountain News Weekly
- 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
- Salida Mail
- San Juan Journal
- San Luis Valley Courier
- Servian Echo (Srpski Odjek)
- Sierra Journal (Rosita)
- Silver Cliff Rustler
- Silver Plume Mining News
- Silver Record
- Silver World
- Silverton Standard
- Smoke Signals - FLC
- South Coloradan
- Spring Valley Messenger - CMC
- Srbin
- St. Elmo Mountaineer
- Stanley Capsules
- Sunshine Courier
- Surface Creek Champion
- Svensk-Amerikanska Western
- The Adams County News
- The Alamosa Courier
- The Altrurian
- The Arbitrator
- The Arrow - CSU Pueblo
- The Aspen Daily Chronicle
- The Aspen Daily Times
- The Aspen Democrat
- The Aspen Democrat-Times
- The Aspen Morning Sun
- The Aspen Tribune
- The Aspen Union Era
- The Aspen Weekly Chronicle
- The Aspen Weekly Press
- The Aspen Weekly Times
- The Auraria Transcript - Metro State
- The Aurarian - Metro State
- The Aurora Advocate
- The Aurora Democrat
- The Avalanche
- The Avalanche - Echo
- The Barnum Citizen
- The Basalt Journal
- The Bayfield Blade
- The Beaver - FLC
- The Bessemer Indicator
- The Black Diamond World
- The Blue Valley Times
- 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 Camp Hale Ski-Zette
- The Canon City Record
- The Castle Rock Journal
- The Centennial
- The Chaffee County Democrat
- The Chaffee County Record
- The Chaffee County Republican
- The Chaffee County Times
- The Champion
- The Chronicle-News
- The Clarion
- The Colorado Antelope
- The Colorado Banner
- The Colorado Collegian - Colorado College
- The Colorado Daily Chieftain
- The Colorado Democrat
- The Colorado Miner (Daily)
- The Colorado Miner (Weekly)
- The Colorado Mountaineer
- The Colorado Statesman
- The Colorado Transcript
- The Colorado Weekly Chieftain
- The Courier Weekender
- The Craig Courier
- The Craig Empire
- The Crestone Miner
- The Crucible - UNC
- The Daily Colorado Republican and Rocky Mountain Herald
- The Daily Colorado Tribune
- The Daily Commonwealth
- The Daily Denver Gazette
- The Daily Gazette
- The Daily Herald (Silver Cliff)
- The Daily Journal (Telluride)
- The Daily Mining Journal
- The Daily Muldoon
- 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 Denver Clarion - University of Denver
- The Denver Daily Tribune
- The Denver Star
- The Denver Tribune
- 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 Valley Enterprise
- The Elbert County Tribune
- The Elk Mountain Pilot
- The Englewood Herald
- The Erie News
- The Estes Park Trail
- The Evening Call
- 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 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 Weekly Ledger
- 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 Hesperus - University of Denver
- The Holy Cross Trail
- The Huerfano Cactus
- The Idaho Springs Iris
- 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 La Jara Chronicle
- The Labor Advocate
- The Labor Enquirer
- The Lafayette Leader
- The Lafayette News
- The Lake City Mining Register
- The Lamar Register
- The Leader
- The Leadville Daily/Evening Chronicle
- The Logan County Advocate
- The Longmont Press
- The Louisville Times
- The Loveland Register
- The Lyons Recorder
- The Mancos Times - Tribune
- 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 Mirror - UNC
- The Moffat County Bell
- The Monocle - FLC
- The Montrose Enterprise
- The Montrose Press
- The Morning Democrat
- The Morning Journal
- The Morning Times
- The Mountain Echo
- The Mountaineer
- The National Issue
- The New Castle News
- The New Critic
- The New Era
- The News Free Press
- The Newspaper
- The Norwood Post
- The Oak Creek Times
- The Occident - Colorado College
- The Ordway New Era
- The Oredigger - School of Mines
- The Otero County Eagle
- The Ouray Herald
- 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 Pilot
- The Plaindealer
- The Plateau Voice
- The Queen Bee
- The Range Ledger
- The Raymer Enterprise
- The Republican-Advocate
- The Rifle Reveille
- The Rifle Telegram
- The Rocky Mountain American
- The Rocky Mountain Collegian - CSU Fort Collins
- The Rocky Mountain News (Daily)
- The Rocky Mountain News (Weekly)
- The Routt County Sentinel
- The Royal Banner - FHS
- The Saccharine Gazette
- The Salida Record
- The San Juan Prospector
- The San Miguel Examiner
- The Sentry - University of Colorado Denver
- The Sierra Journal (Rosita)
- The Silver and Gold - University of Colorado Boulder
- The Silver Cliff Weekly Herald
- The Silver Lance
- The Silver Plume Coloradoan
- The Silver Standard
- The Silverite-Plaindealer
- The Solid Muldoon (Weekly)
- The South Coloradan - Adams State University
- The Southwest
- The Springfield Herald
- The Star Courier
- The State Herald
- 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 Telluride Journal
- The Tiger - Colorado College
- The Tin Cup Banner
- The Tin Cup Record
- The Tri-City Journal
- The Walsenburg Cactus
- The Walsenburg World
- The Walsenburg Yucca
- The Weekly Commonwealth
- The Weekly Courier
- The Weekly Journal
- The Weekly Star-Times
- The West Creek Mining News
- The West Side Citizen
- The Western Mountaineer
- The Western Recorder
- The Western Slope Criterion
- The Westland
- The Whitehorn News
- The Woman Voter
- The World-Independent
- The Yampa Leader
- Today - CSU Pueblo
- Top O' The World - WCU
- Trinidad Enterprise
- Trinidad Trojan Tribune
- Turret Gold Belt
- Twin Lakes Miner
- UCCS News - UCCS
- UCCS Weekly - UCCS
- United Labor Bulletin
- USC Today - CSU Pueblo
- Vail Trail
- Valle Hispanic News
- Voz Del Valle, La
- Water Valley Clarion
- Weekly Denver Tribune
- Weekly Ignacio Chieftain
- Weekly Peanut - University of Denver
- West Side Recorder
- Western Colorado Report
- Westminster Journal
- Wet Mountain Tribune
- White Pine Cone
- Wray Gazette
- Wray Rattler
- Wray Weekly Times
- Yuma Pioneer
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 Miner
- 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
- 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)
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
- 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
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 263 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Colorado Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 55 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Colorado
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 25 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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