Lovely Rocky Mountain Autumn
The autumnal equinox – the day in September when daylight hours are almost equal to…
Colorado Historic Newspapers
CHNC News: We’ve added a new county!
Huerfano County history can now be found in CHNC. The Walsenburg World, published in Huerfano…
Topics in History: Presidential Election of 1872
This topic in history and the related online primary sources are brought to you by…
Chicano Community Newspaper added to CHNC
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is pleased to announce the addition of La Cucaracha, a…
Happy 140th Birthday Colorado!
The land that we now call Colorado was sparsely populated by any white settlers in the…
Bears, Oh My!
In the summers of Colorado, a century and a half ago, larger wildlife could be…
Choo, Choo! To Denver and Beyond
The end of June, between 1870-1882, was a hot time for railroad milestones in Colorado….
“The Great Deluge in Denver”
“I looked out of the window and saw a wall of water six feet high…
For Immediate Release: CHNC’s Top Journeymen Editor reaches 100,000 words!
The Colorado State Library would like to congratulate Jude, CHNC’s Top Journeymen Editor, for correcting…
CHNC is Growing! Again!
The Colorado State Library is pleased to announce the recent addition of three new historic…
New News for Lake County!
The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) will be adding additional Lake County content during the…
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -MLK
“There is much to be done for the betterment of our future condition…”-Mary B. Talbert,…
The Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection is Growing!
The Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection (CHNC) has recently reached 730,000 digitized pages of Colorado historic…
♫ Over there…the Yanks are coming…♫
In January 1945, the Germans had secured a foothold in the Northern Apennine Mountain Range…
Superbowl of Cattle Shows
The National Western Stock Show begins this weekend and shall be celebrating its 110th Official…
Want to become a Top Journeyman Editor?
Maybe what you’re really asking yourself is what is a Journeyman Editor? In the world…
A “Discovery”!
It has existed for over a millennium. It was hidden from view by trees, brush and…
The Erie News: First Publication of a Weld County News Boy!
Clyde L. Stanley, who at times was called the “Boy Publisher,” published the first edition of…
Increased Content for Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
We hope that you have had a look at the new and improved Colorado Historic…
State Library Launches New Historic Newspapers Database
New online database of historic newspapers is faster and easier to use. Offers free access to over 199 Colorado historic newspapers from as early 1859.