Historic Newspapers: The Wild West
The term "wild west" conjures many things in the mind—criminal outlaws like Billy the Kid or Jesse James, the California Gold Rush, or the folklore associated with the American frontier. We welcome you to browse our Wild West newspaper inventory or learn more about American Wild West newspapers at our main Wild West page.
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Item #564755SAN LEANDRO REPORTER, Alameda County, California, September 18, 1880
* Rare Old West title
A very scarce and quite small newspaper of 4 pages. The front page has: "Robberies" and "A Suicide" with page 3 having a full column of: "Local Items".
Other news of the day & many ads. Measures just 8 3/4 by 11 3/4... Read full description -
Item #564127LEAVENWORTH DAILY STANDARD, Kansas, July 9, 1881
* Charles J. Guiteau
* President James Garfield assassination
The top of the front page has: "The Assassin" which begins: "Guiteau is provoked because his victim has not died and is anxious for all possible notoriety..." which is concerning the President James Garfield... Read full description -
Item #564126LEAVENWORTH DAILY STANDARD, Kansas, July 9, 1881 The top of the ftpg. has: "The Assassin" which begins: "Guiteau is provoked because his victim has not died and is anxious for all possible notoriety..." which is concerning the President James Garfield assassination. A subhead includes: "A Moral Idiot, and Should Be... Read full description
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Item #563742ALAMEDA SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS, West End, California, September 22, 1881
* President James Garfield
* Assassination death
All columns on all four pages are black bordered for the death of President James Garfield. The top of page 2 has a print of him headed with: "GLORIFIED!" and beneath which is: "In Memoriam" with text... Read full description -
Item #563327DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, January 27, 1876 A "territorial" newspaper from 20 years before Utah would become a state. In the bottom half of the ftpg. is: "Attempt to Rob a Bank", being an item about men braking into the home of the cashier of a bank in Northampton, Mass., securing the... Read full description -
America At War...
Item #561531THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven original/authentic publications (at least 9 being American newspapers), one each for:
French & Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War,... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #561259A collection of three issues of the DAILY EVENING POST, San Francisco, California dated April 9, 17 & 19, 1880
* 3 issue lot of Old west issues
April 9 & 19 are 4 pages while April 17 is 8 pages, nice condition (but two issues have rubbing holes to the front leaf), folio size, never bound not trimmed (desirable), with front... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #560881THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, Oklahoma City , 1898 This is actually a "territorial" newspaper, as Oklahoma did not become a state until ten years later in 1907, one of only 3 of the contiguous 48 to join the union in the 20th century (New Mexico & Arizona the other two). It is quite rare to find Oklahoma newspapers from the... Read full description -
Item #560807DAILY EVENING HERALD, Stockton, California, 1870 Stockton came into existence primarily due to the Gold Rush of the mid-19th century as was the case for many towns in Northern California. It is the county seat of San Joaquin County with a population of nearly 300,000 today.
During its early years, Stockton was known by several names,... Read full description -
Item #560800THE PEOPLES VOICE, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 1898 This is actually a "territorial" newspaper, as Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907, one of only 3 of the contiguous 48 to join the union in the 20th century (New Mexico & Arizona the other two). An uncommon opportunity for a 19th century... Read full description -
Item #559651A lot of seven "Old West" newspapers, each with a different title from California dating in the 1870's through 1890's. A nice opportunity for a mini-set of different "Wild West" titles at a bargain price. A wealth of both news reports and ads of the day. Keep in mind, issues from this period can be fragile and must be... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #559579DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1870's A lot of 5 issues, from this historic town, from before statehood, with much news of the day. Articles with Mormon interest and/or perspective are sure to be found within each issue. Typically 8 page issues; not pulpish as is typical for the... Read full description -
Item #559576DESERET NEWS (Daily, Weekly, and/or Semi-Weekly), Salt Lake City, Utah, 1880's A lot of 5 issues, from several years before statehood with much local news of the day. Articles with Mormon interest and perspective are sure to be found within each issue. Typically 4 page issues, minor browning & dirtiness, but... Read full description -
Item #559570RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Nevada, early 1880's. A lot of five issues, all are complete and are in very nice condition. Great to have from this well-known town from the "Old West".
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Item #557668SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, Sacramento, California, February 24, 1868
* Old West original from California
* Uncommon Title
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements.
With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys,... Read full description -
Item #544909DAILY MORNING BULLETIN, San Diego, California, May 28, 1872
* Early San San Diego California 19th century periodical
* Wild Old West
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue... Read full description -
Item #540027THE NEW YORK TIMES, NY, March 6, 1873
* Modoc Indian War
* Lava Beds
* Captain Jack
The front page has: "The Modocs" "The Terms of Peace Offered by the Commissioners"
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Item #540026THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1873
* Modoc Indian War
* Lava Beds
The front page has:
* The Modocs
* Gen. Canby's Opinion of the Situation--The Course to be Pursued
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Item #539052DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 6, 1872
* Early Salt Lake City UT 19th century periodical...
* Wild Old West...
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to... Read full description -
Item #538218SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY EVENING HERALD, Stockton, California, September 24, 1878
* From the Old West
* Uncommon broadside
Here is a single sheet broadside (printed on one side only) containing mostly ads, plus a topical report. Nice have in a California title. In very good condition. -
Item #538110THE VALLEY REVIEW, Lodi, California, December 13, 1888.
* Auburn California original 19th century
* Old West
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers west of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the Old West back when cowboys,... Read full description -
Item #538109THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, California, November 29, 1890
* Auburn California original 19th century...
* Old West...
This 8 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers west of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the Old West back when... Read full description -
Item #537953WEEKLY KERN COUNTY RECORD, Bakersfield, California, December 22, 1881
* Volume one issue from Bakersfield California
* Uncommon Old West title
It is a rarity for us to find 19th century newspapers from the southern half of California.
Complete in four pages, various news and curious tidbits of the day, and a wealth of Old West style ads,... Read full description -
Item #537886SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 4, 1871
* Wild Old West
* Rare title from Salt Lake City Utah
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys,... Read full description -
Item #537771THE PLACER HERALD, Auburn, California, July 21, 1888
* Auburn, California original 19th century
* Old West
This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers west of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the Old West back when cowboys,... Read full description -
Item #222386COMMERCIAL HERALD AND MARKET REVIEW, San Francisco, California, 1873 As the title would suggest this newspaper has a wealth of business reporting and an incredible number of advertisements with the entire ftpg. take up with ads in addition to a large chart headed: "Wholesale Prices Current" with a wide variety of items. Complete in 4... Read full description -
Item #222385THE KERN COUNTY WEEKLY RECORD, Bakersfield, California, 1881 A very nice newspaper from this California town, just the third newspaper ever published in Bakersfield. This is from the first year this newspaper published.
Various news of the day, complete in 4 pages, various ads as well including saloon and livery stable ads with much more providing... Read full description -
Item #212587OREGON WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Pendleton, 1875 Pendleton is an East Oregon town which began in 1851, originally known as Marshall only later to be renamed Pendleton. This is an early issue from five years before the town would be incorporated, with various news of the day and many ads as well, several of which are illustrated.
A four page newspaper with... Read full description -
Item #211200SACRAMENTO DAILY UNION, Sacramento, CA, November 4, 1868. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on... Read full description -
Item #210753DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, March 8, 1890 This newspaper is a "territorial" issue, printed six years before Utah would become a state. The front page has a short yet interesting item concerning Buffalo Bill, datelined from Rome & reading: "An Italian journal, commenting on the Wild West show, makes the... Read full description -
Item #209857AMERICAN STANDARD, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Apr. 26, 1877 The ftpg. has: "THE BLACK HILLS" "An Interesting Story From One Who Has Been There--People Advised to Say Away" is an interesting article on life in this wild part of America. Lengthy text taking over a full column (see photos for... Read full description -
Item #209645NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 8, 1894 Within this complete, 14 page newspaper is a nice, illustrated one column advertisement for "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" show, with a small likeness of Buffalo Bill (see the photo below). The rest of the issue is filled with various news of the day & a wealth of ads. Several illustrations scattered... Read full description -
Item #209257VIRGINIA EVENING CHRONICLE, Virginia (City), Nevada, 1872. Virginia City is one of America's largest historic landmarks. Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War. Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed... Read full description -
Made famous by Mark Twain...
Item #209256DAILY TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE, Virginia (City), Nevada, 1876 Virginia City is one of America's largest historic landmarks. Some say Virginia City's rich gold and silver mines financed the Civil War. Now rich in history, Virginia City and the Comstock Lode still maintain the flavor of the hifalutin mining days, when Mark Twain roamed the... Read full description -
Item #209255DAILY MORNING DEMOCRAT, Austin, Lander County, Nevada, 1883 Sometimes unusual incidents are the reason good things happen. Such is the case with Austin. The town was actually discovered in 1862 by a horse belonging to a W. H. Talbott. The horse accidently kicked up a piece of quartz containing gold & silver. Talbott sent... Read full description -
Item #209251THE DAILY JOURNAL, Pioche, Nevada, 1875 Pioche is located about 180 miles northeast of Las Vegas, hanging on the side of a mountain of Nevada's high desert. In the 1870's it was considered one of the wildest mining camps in the West. According to a number of sources, hired gunmen were imported at the rate of... Read full description -
Item #209248RENO EVENING GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1877 This is an 4 page newspaper which features news on pages 2 & 3 with a wealth of ads on the front & back pages, several of which are illustrated. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in very nice condition... Read full description -
Item #209247LYON COUNTY TIMES, Silver City, Nevada, 1880 From what I have been able to research Silver City is pretty much a ghost town today, with several old building still standing from its heyday during the mining era in the 1870's and 1880's. Located rather close to the more famous Virginia City, this newspaper began in Silver City... Read full description -
Item #209246LYON COUNTY TIMES, Dayton, Nevada, 1881-1882 Nevada's first non-Indian settlement, Dayton's original residents were hard-scrabble prospectors who panned for gold in nearby Gold Canyon. By the spring of 1851, as many as 200 miners were living in the area. By 1856, the community was generally known as Chinatown, because a large Chinese... Read full description -
Item #209242WEEKLY NEVADA STATE JOURNAL, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1876. This 4 page newspaper features news on the front page as well as pages 2 & 3 but with ads as well. Now a gambling mecca not far from Lake Tahoe, during the 1870's it was a mining town. This issue was never bound nor trimmed and is in nice condition with some minor margin wear or... Read full description -
Item #209239WEEKLY ELKO INDEPENDENT, Elko, Nevada, 1880 This town had a population of about 2000 during the late 19th century. Situated along the Humboldt River, Elko was along the route traveled by the ill-fated Donner Party and the many who ventured to the California hills in search of gold during the 1849 gold rush. Completion of the Central... Read full description -
Item #209238THE FREE PRESS, Elko, Nevada, 1889 This town had a population of about 2000 during the late 19th century. Situated along the Humboldt River, Elko was along the route traveled by the ill-fated Donner Party and the many who ventured to the California hills in search of gold during the 1849 gold rush. Completion of the Central Pacific... Read full description -
Item #209232RENO WEEKLY GAZETTE, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, 1879 The masthead includes a nice engraving showing the Sierra Nevada mountains which surround this picturesque city and an inset with some buildings (see photo). This is an 8 page newspaper which features news on the front page as well as many inside pages but with a wealth of various Western-themed ads as well,... Read full description -
Item #209229THE DAILY STATE REGISTER, Carson City, Nevada, 1872 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its hayday during the mining era has various news of... Read full description -
Item #209227THE NEVADA TRIBUNE, Carson City, Nevada, 1875 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the much desired gold & silver coins which bear the "C.C." mint mark. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its hayday during the mining era has various news of... Read full description -
Item #209225THE CARSON DAILY APPEAL, Carson City, Nevada, 1877 Coin collectors are very familiar with this town for the mint which produced the famous "C.C." mint marks on gold & silver coins it produced. Situated just east of Lake Tahoe at the western "elbow" of the state, this issue from its heyday during the mining era has various... Read full description -
Item #209219EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Eureka, Nevada, 1879 A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote town in northeastern Nevada. This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 ft. elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total county population today is just 1900 residents. In its heyday when mining was the predominate draw from the... Read full description -
Item #206810SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD, Sept. 9, 1871 Mostly regional news, has a few topical items, and many ads. Small section clipped from the second leaf, first leaf has an archival mend to a margin tear, minor edge wear, bit of loss to two letters in the masthead. -
Item #206419DAILY ALTA CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, CA, 1871. This 4 page newspaper, which has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, Indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular... Read full description -
Item #206289WALLA WALLA STATESMAN, Walla Walla WA, April 15 1871. This 4 page newspaper has news of the day with several interesting advertisements. With newspapers West of the Mississippi being very rare prior to 1900, here is an opportunity to get a issue from the old West back when cowboys, indians, saloons, gold miners & gunfights were often seen on a regular... Read full description
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