Historic newspapers · Oregon

Oregon historic newspapers: 56,037 free digitised pages

Name: Oregon historic newspapers (Chronicling America)
Creator: Library of Congress
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Oregon 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
East Oregonian : E.O (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.; Pendleton, or)		5,735
Daily Capital Journal (Salem, Oregon)	1903–1919	4,954
The Evening Herald (Klamath Falls, Or.)	1906–1942	3,972
The Daily Morning Astorian (Astoria, Oregon)	1883–1899	3,805
The Morning Astorian (Astoria, Oregon)	1899–1930	3,077
The Dalles Daily Chronicle (the Dalles, Or.)	1890–1948	2,092
Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, Oregon)	1909–1989	2,091
The State Rights Democrat (Albany, Linn County, Oregon)	1865–1900	1,639
The Hood River Glacier (Hood River, Or.)	1889–1933	1,635
Evening Capital Journal (Salem, Or.)	1888–1893	1,588

Counties

Marion 10,739 pages
Clatsop 8,830 pages
Umatilla 7,293 pages
Klamath 3,972 pages
Wasco 3,268 pages
Jackson 3,005 pages
Linn 2,583 pages
Benton 2,295 pages
Multnomah 2,061 pages
Josephine 1,946 pages

Cities

Salem 10,739 pages
Astoria 8,830 pages
Pendleton 5,735 pages
Klamath Falls 3,972 pages
Dalles 3,268 pages
Corvallis 2,295 pages
Albany 2,129 pages
Medford 2,091 pages
Portland 2,061 pages
Grants Pass 1,946 pages

By decade

1730 to 1739 2 pages
1740 to 1749 2 pages
1750 to 1759 2 pages
1760 to 1769 2 pages
1770 to 1779 2 pages
1780 to 1789 2 pages
1790 to 1799 2 pages
1800 to 1809 3 pages
1810 to 1819 3 pages
1820 to 1829 3 pages
1830 to 1839 3 pages
1840 to 1849 3 pages
1850 to 1859 3 pages
1860 to 1869 433 pages
1870 to 1879 1,785 pages
1880 to 1889 4,430 pages
1890 to 1899 11,892 pages
1900 to 1909 14,801 pages
1910 to 1919 18,390 pages
1920 to 1929 4,438 pages
1930 to 1939 22 pages
1940 to 1949 16 pages
1950 to 1959 10 pages
1960 to 1969 10 pages

Languages

English 55,238 pages
Finnish 799 pages
Spanish 72 pages

Ethnic press: Finnish, African American

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