First of this title we have offer in our 50+ years...
Item # 727214
February 19, 1891
LOVELAND REPORTER, Colorado, Feb. 19, 1891
* Rare Larimer County publication
* Death f William T. Sherman w/ print
This paper was founded in 1880, only a few years after Loveland itself was established along the Colorado Central Railroad in 1877. As a frontier newspaper, it served a rapidly growing agricultural community in Northern Colorado and chronicled the development of Larimer County during the territorial and early statehood years.
Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers" notes that only the Colorado Historical Society has any issues. This is the first of this title we have offered.
Four pages, large folio, several folds with some fold & margin wear, some tiny holes at fold junctures with a few archival mends. Generally in good condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Background: This exceptionally rare February 19, 1891 issue of the Loveland Reporter offers a unique, primary-source window into the early statehood and frontier development of Larimer County, Colorado, following the town's establishment along the Colorado Central Railroad in 1877. Founded in 1880, the newspaper chronicled the daily realities and rapid expansion of a booming agricultural community in Northern Colorado, serving as a vital record of a transforming Western landscape. The publication's extreme rarity is underscored by Winifred Gregory's definitive work, the Union List of American Newspapers, which indicates that institutional copies are nearly nonexistent outside of the holdings at the Colorado Historical Society (History Colorado). Preserved across four large folio pages with minor wear and archival mends, this scarce survivor carries profound historical and ephemera significance, representing a prized artifact from an era when local print media was the foundational cornerstone of community identity and regional communication.
* Rare Larimer County publication
* Death f William T. Sherman w/ print
This paper was founded in 1880, only a few years after Loveland itself was established along the Colorado Central Railroad in 1877. As a frontier newspaper, it served a rapidly growing agricultural community in Northern Colorado and chronicled the development of Larimer County during the territorial and early statehood years.
Gregory's "Union List of American Newspapers" notes that only the Colorado Historical Society has any issues. This is the first of this title we have offered.
Four pages, large folio, several folds with some fold & margin wear, some tiny holes at fold junctures with a few archival mends. Generally in good condition. The folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.
Background: This exceptionally rare February 19, 1891 issue of the Loveland Reporter offers a unique, primary-source window into the early statehood and frontier development of Larimer County, Colorado, following the town's establishment along the Colorado Central Railroad in 1877. Founded in 1880, the newspaper chronicled the daily realities and rapid expansion of a booming agricultural community in Northern Colorado, serving as a vital record of a transforming Western landscape. The publication's extreme rarity is underscored by Winifred Gregory's definitive work, the Union List of American Newspapers, which indicates that institutional copies are nearly nonexistent outside of the holdings at the Colorado Historical Society (History Colorado). Preserved across four large folio pages with minor wear and archival mends, this scarce survivor carries profound historical and ephemera significance, representing a prized artifact from an era when local print media was the foundational cornerstone of community identity and regional communication.
Category: The Old West
