Idaho historic newspapers: 49,148 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Idaho in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.
Titles with the most digitised pages
| Newspaper | Years | Pages online |
|---|---|---|
| The Daily Star-Mirror (Moscow, Idaho) | 1911–1939 | 3,506 |
| Wood River Times (Hailey, Idaho) | 1882–1915 | 3,414 |
| Idaho County Free Press (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) | 1,983 | |
| The Caldwell Tribune (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) | 1883–1928 | 1,963 |
| Idaho Semi-Weekly World (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) | 1875–1908 | 1,903 |
| The Idaho Republican (Blackfoot, Idaho) | 1904–1932 | 1,307 |
| Montpelier Examiner (Montpelier, Idaho) | 1895–1937 | 1,273 |
| The Emmett Index (Emmett, Idaho) | 1893–1925 | 1,245 |
| Lewiston Evening Teller (Lewiston, Idaho) | 1903–1911 | 1,242 |
| Shoshone Journal (Shoshone, Idaho) | 1884–1931 | 1,157 |
Counties
- Alturas 5,600 pages
- Kootenai 5,394 pages
- Canyon 5,085 pages
- Idaho 4,819 pages
- Latah 4,655 pages
- Blaine 4,390 pages
- Nez Perce 3,817 pages
- Boise 2,625 pages
- Bingham 2,623 pages
- Ada 2,030 pages
Cities
- Moscow 3,506 pages
- Hailey 3,414 pages
- Lewiston 2,817 pages
- Grangeville 2,731 pages
- Idaho City 2,625 pages
- Blackfoot 2,623 pages
- Caldwell 2,341 pages
- Mountain Home 1,957 pages
- Coeur D'alene 1,926 pages
- Bonners Ferry 1,506 pages
By decade
- 1860 to 1869 549 pages
- 1870 to 1879 956 pages
- 1880 to 1889 4,939 pages
- 1890 to 1899 7,644 pages
- 1900 to 1909 12,266 pages
- 1910 to 1919 16,583 pages
- 1920 to 1929 6,150 pages
- 1930 to 1939 24 pages
- 1940 to 1949 184 pages
- 1950 to 1959 12 pages
- 1960 to 1969 10 pages
Languages
- English 49,148 pages
- German 881 pages
- Japanese 171 pages
Ethnic press: Japanese
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