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Colorado Historic Newspapers

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 5 million digitized pages, representing more than 800 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 2024. New titles and issues are added on a regular basis. And best of all the CHNC can be browsed and searched for free!CHNC logo

Newspapers within the collection come from throughout the state, and include papers published in English, German, Italian, Japanese, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish. CHNC provides access to over 5,000,000 digitized pages from these newspapers. Digitization of additional newspapers continues through a local fund-raising model with contributions made by local libraries, archives, museums, and other organizations. Newspapers are digitized from microfilm or from the original newspaper.  For more information about the CHNC, see our help and forums page.  To explore the database of over two million pages of historic newspapers, check out CHNC yourself.

To explore Colorado and Wyoming Newspapers, check out the Plains to Peaks Historic Newspapers.

Topics in History: Colorado’s Homegrown History

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Colorado Historic Newspapers

Madison Basch

November 9, 2018

DU’s Weekly Peanut and The Hesperus Student Newspapers Join the CHNC!

As our list of university newspapers continues to grow, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is pleased to welcome some very …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Madison Basch

October 26, 2018

Topics in History: The Coffee Myth and the Power of Advertising

In today’s health obsessed culture of fit watches and online trainers, it seems that most Americans should have a pretty …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Madison Basch

October 12, 2018

CHNC Proudly Welcomes The Denver Voice!

This month, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection welcomed the Denver Voice to its online catalog and we could not be …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, Resource Sharing

Madison Basch

September 28, 2018

CHNC News: Holy Cross Trail

For many Coloradans, climbing a fourteener is a rite of passage.  There are 53 fourteeners in Colorado but only one …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

June 27, 2018

The Altrurian, Montrose County’s Cooperative Newspaper, Joins the CHNC!

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection continues to grow as we happily welcome our newest title, The Altrurian, to our online …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Madison Basch

April 17, 2018

CHNC Welcomes School of Mines Oredigger

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is thrilled to welcome the Colorado School of Mines student newspaper, The Oredigger, to our …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Madison Basch

April 2, 2018

CHNC News: Golden Historic News is Growing!

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection now includes over 9,500 more pages of the Colorado Transcript! With a shared mission of …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

December 21, 2017

CHNC News: More Historic News from Bent County!

Thanks to the generous support of our partners, the Las Animas – Bent County Library District and the John W. …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

December 14, 2017

CHNC News! School is in Session

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is going back to school.  With the help of the Morgan Library at the Colorado …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

December 5, 2017

CHNC News: Would You Work Here?

Many people know that community newspapers provide a wealth of historic information such as birth and wedding announcements, obituaries, general …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

November 27, 2017

Louisville Public Library Celebrates Making Local Newspaper Available Online Through CHNC

It’s very rewarding to preserve your local history and provide access to it for your community, and we love it …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Regan Harper

November 11, 2017

CHNC News! Historic African American Newspapers Now Available

In a few short years CHNC has grown tremendously and made some exciting changes.  We have a new and improved …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

October 23, 2017

Upping your Engagement – Getting More From the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Colorado has an interesting and colorful history. Whether you are interested in our mining past, railroad development and growth, livestock …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Regan Harper

October 15, 2017

Demystifying the Magic Behind the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

Ever wonder how newspapers are added to the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection? It’s easy – well, we think so. Watch …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Regan Harper

October 1, 2017

CHNC Reaches Millionth Page Milestone

Growth of Database Causes Great Excitement.  New Titles Added – More Counties Represented. DENVER COLORADO.  August 13, 2017 — Although …

Colorado Historic Newspapers, CSL News

Regan Harper

September 4, 2017

CHNC News: New Titles and New Partners

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection recently added four new titles; the Brush Lariat, the Morgan County Republican, the Louisville Times …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

August 24, 2017

Topics in History: Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856 in the Austrian Empire in what is now Croatia.  Tesla was an …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

July 14, 2017

Topics in History: Dearfield, Colorado

The town of Dearfield, located 30 miles east of Greeley, was established on May 5, 1910 by Oliver Toussaint Jackson, …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

June 20, 2017

CHNC News: New titles and a New Partner

In March, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) and its new partner the Clear Creek County Library District, added two …

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Leigh Jeremias

May 25, 2017

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