San Luis Valley Historical Newspapers

Nielsen Library owns the following San Luis Valley newspapers on microfilm. This list was last updated in May 2005.

For more recent editions of papers published in the San Luis Valley, please see A to Z Print, or contact the Reference Desk at 719-587-7879.

  • Alamosa Courier
    February 6, 1904 - July 3, 1908
    January 2, 1909 - January 13, 1912
    January 20, 1912 - September 5, 1914
    September 5, 1914 - November 30, 1918
    December 7, 1918 - November 5, 1921
    November 12, 1921 - March 18, 1924

  • (Alamosa) Daily Courier
    March 19, 1929 - January 21, 1930
    January 21, 1930 - December 1, 1930
    December 2, 1930 - October 16, 1931
    October 17, 1931 - August 4, 1932
    August 5, 1932 - June 6, 1933
    June 7, 1933 - March 31, 1934
    April 3, 1934 - January 8, 1935
    January 9, 1935 - September 14, 1935
    September 16, 1935 - May 1, 1936
    May 2, 1936 - June 30, 1936
    January 2, 1937 - June 4, 1937
    June 5, 1937 - December 31, 1937
    January 3, 1938 - July 27, 1938
    July 27, 1938 - December 31, 1938
    July 1, 1941 - February 3, 1942
    February 4, 1942 - August 10, 1942
    August 10, 1942 - March 3, 1943
    March 4, 1943 - December 6, 1943
    December 7, 1943 - September 25, 1944
    September 26, 1944 - July 3, 1945
    July 5, 1945 - November 15, 1945
    November 16, 1945 - July 23, 1946
    July 24, 1946 - February 18, 1947
    February 19, 1947 - July 4, 1947
    July 7, 1947 - January 14, 1948
    January 15, 1948 - August 5, 1948
    August 6, 1948 - December 6, 1948
    December 7, 1948 - March 9, 1949
    March 10, 1949 - June 15, 1949
    June 16, 1949 - November 2, 1949
    November 3, 1949 - April 4, 1950
    February 13, 1950 - August 15, 1950
    April 5, 1950 - September 12, 1950
    September 16, 1950 - March 7, 1951
    January 1, 1951 - October 15, 1951
    June 16, 1951 - October 15, 1951
    March 8, 1951 - September 15, 1951
    September 17, 1951 - March 31, 1952
    April 1, 1952 - September 30, 1952
    October 1, 1952 - March 15, 1953
    March 16, 1953 - August 31, 1953
    September 1, 1953 - February 27, 1954
    March 1, 1954 - July 31, 1954
    August 2, 1954 - December 31, 1954
    January 3, 1955 - May 31, 1955

  • Alamosa Journal
    February 1885 - April 10, 1890

  • Alamosa Independent Journal
    April 10, 1890 - June 28, 1895
    July 4, 1895 - May 24, 1900
    May 24, 1900 - December 30, 1904
    December 30, 1904 - July 3, 1908
    July 31, 1908 - April 4, 1913
    April 4, 1913 - August 10, 1916
    August 10, 1916 - December 29, 1921
    January 5, 1922 - April 28, 1927
    January 1925 - November 18, 1926
    May 5, 1927 - October 19, 1928
    October 19, 1928 - February 4, 1930
    February 4, 1930 - January 26, 1931
    June 26, 1931 - September 28, 1933
    September 28, 1933 - September 27, 1934

  • Alamosa Leader
    August 23, 1913 - March 10, 1916
    March 11, 1916 - August 25, 1917

  • Alamosa Sun
    1950 - 1954

  • Valley Sun, Moffet Times
    July, 1912 - February, 1913


  • Antonito Ledger
    January 1, 1910 - March 27, 1915
    April 3, 1915 - March 6, 1920
    March 13, 1920 - May 15, 1924
    November 23, 1922 - May 29, 1926
    June 3, 1926 - April 11, 1929

  • Center Dispatch
    May 31, 1901 - May 22, 1903
    May 29, 1903 - August 23, 1907
    August 30, 1907 - March 10, 1911
    December 8, 1910 - Oct 23, 1913
    October 30, 1913 - March 16, 1916

  • Daily Courier - see Alamosa Daily Courier

  • Del Norte Prospector
    January 5, 1940 - February 7, 1941
    February 14, 1941 - July 30, 1943
    August 6, 1943 - March 1, 1946
    March 8, 1946 - June 25, 1948
    July 2, 1948 - December 29, 1950
    January 5, 1951 - December 25, 1953
    January 1, 1953 - December 28, 1956
    January 4, 1957 - December 26, 1958
    January 2, 1959 - June 15, 1962
    June 22, 1962 - December 27, 1963
    January 31, 1964 - December 30, 1966
    January 6, 1967 - December 29, 1967
    January 5, 1968 - December 26, 1969
    January 2, 1970 - December 31, 1971
    January 7, 1972 - December 26, 1975

  • (El) Grito del Norte
    August, 1969 - December, 1970

  • Hooper-Mosca Tribune / Cochetopa Goldbelt
    August 23 - September 6, 1895
    June 3, 1915 - May 4, 1918
    May 3, 1918 - November 16, 1918

  • La Jara Gazette
    January 4, 1940 - August7, 1941
    August 14, 1941 - December 23, 1943
    December 30, 1943 - February 20, 1947
    February 27, 1947 - June 24, 1948
    July 1, 1948 - December 28, 1950
    January 4, 1951 - December 29, 1955
    January 5, 1956 - December 25, 1959
    January 1, 1960 - January 29, 1965
    February 5, 1965 - December 25, 1970
    January 1, 1971 - December 31, 1971
    January 7, 1972 - April 2, 1976
    April 9, 1976 - December 29, 1978

  • Ledger News
    April 18, 1929 - June 29, 1978
    July 6, 1933 - November 11, 1937
    November 18, 1937 - April 1, 1943
    April 8, 1943 - August 26, 1948
    September 2, 1948 - February 18, 1954
    February 25, 1954 - April 17, 1958
    April 24, 1958 - May 25, 1961
    June 1, 1961 - May 23, 1963

  • Monte Vista Journal
    August14, 1942 - December 24, 1943
    December 31, 1943 - May 18, 1945
    May 25, 1945 - May 30, 1947
    June 6, 1947 - June 25, 1948
    July 2, 1948 - December 30, 1949
    January 6, 1950 - December 29, 1950
    January 5, 1951 - December 28, 1951
    January 4, 1952 - December 26, 1952
    January 2, 1953 - December 25, 1953
    January 1, 1954 - December 31, 1954
    January 7, 1955 - December 30, 1955
    January 6, 1956 - December 28, 1956
    January 4, 1957 - December 25, 1957
    January 3, 1958 - December 26, 1958
    January 2, 1959 - December 25, 1959
    January 1, 1960 - May 12, 1961
    May 19, 1961 - September 7, 1961
    September 14, 1961 - December 27, 1963
    January 3, 1964 - October 15, 1965
    October 22, 1965 - July 13, 1967
    July 20, 1967 - May 1, 1969
    May 8, 1969 - December 31, 1970
    January 7, 1971 - December 31, 1971
    January 6, 1972 - July 27, 1972
    August 3, 1972 - April26, 1973
    May 3, 1973 - June 20, 1974

  • Saguache Chronicle
    1884 - 1886 (Mesita Herald 1920)

  • Saguache Crescent
    June 26 1890 - December 31, 1890
    January 5, 1893 - December 28, 1893
    January 3, 1895 - May 20, 1897
    May 20, 1897 - April 27, 1899
    April 27, 1899 - November 15, 1900
    November 15, 1900 - September 3, 1903
    September 10, 1903 - January 24, 1907
    January 31, 1907 - February 21, 1910
    March 3, 1910 - February 27, 1913
    March 6, 1913 - March 2, 1916
    March 9, 1916 - February 6, 1919
    March 6, 1919 - July 27, 1922
    August 2, 1922 - March 26, 1925

  • Saguache Democrat
    1886 - 1888
    -- Saguache Chronicle: January 1880 - April 4, 1884
    -- Bonanza Bee: January 1902 - September 1902

  • San Luis Valley Courier
    February 20, 1889 - February 12, 1890
    February 26, 1890 - May 11, 1890
    May 18, 1895 - July 28, 1900
    August 4, 1900 - January 23, 1904

    San Luis Valley News
    October, 1908 - February, 1912
    February 17, 1912 - January 30, 1915
    February 13, 1915 - March 15, 1919
    March 22, 1919 - May 13, 1922
    May 20, 1922 - January 10, 1925
    January 17, 1925 - January 28, 1928
    February 4, 1928 - October 10, 1931
    October 24, 1931 - January 26, 1935
    February 23, 1935 - October 26, 1935
    January 1, 1940 - October 18, 1941
    April 27, 1940 - October 25, 1941
    October 25, 1941 - February 26, 1944
    March 4, 1944 - May 18, 1946
    December 27, 1945 - October 26, 1947
    May 25, 1946 - June 26, 1948

  • Valley Courier
    June, 1955 - April 9, 1993
    November 24, 1992 - May 13, 1999