Historic newspapers · Utah

Utah historic newspapers: 36,419 free digitised pages

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Utah 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

NewspaperYearsPages online
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City [Utah])1870–190910,007
Deseret Evening News (Great Salt Lake City [Utah])1867–19206,525
The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah)3,617
The Logan Republican (Logan, Utah)1902–19242,329
The Ogden Standard (Ogden City, Utah)1913–19202,095
The Broad Ax (Salt Lake City, Utah; Chicago, Ill.)1,658
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper for Thinking People (Salt Lake City, Utah)1902–1929907
The Evening Standard (Ogden City, Utah)1910–1913842
The Coalville Times (Coalville, Utah)1894–1923817
Iron County Record (Cedar City, Utah)1893–1982810

Counties

  • Salt Lake 22,942 pages
  • Weber 4,249 pages
  • Cache 2,329 pages
  • Utah 2,234 pages
  • Cook County 1,658 pages
  • Salt Lake County 1,658 pages
  • Iron 821 pages
  • Summit 817 pages
  • Denver 492 pages
  • Millard 439 pages

Cities

  • Salt Lake City 24,600 pages
  • Ogden 4,249 pages
  • Logan 2,329 pages
  • Chicago 1,658 pages
  • Lehi 865 pages
  • Cedar City 821 pages
  • Coalville 817 pages
  • Provo 812 pages
  • Denver 492 pages
  • Topaz 450 pages

By decade

  • 1850 to 1859 20 pages
  • 1860 to 1869 87 pages
  • 1870 to 1879 13 pages
  • 1880 to 1889 3,707 pages
  • 1890 to 1899 8,200 pages
  • 1900 to 1909 12,990 pages
  • 1910 to 1919 9,018 pages
  • 1920 to 1929 1,986 pages
  • 1930 to 1939 8 pages
  • 1940 to 1949 457 pages
  • 1950 to 1959 6 pages
  • 1960 to 1969 6 pages

Languages

  • English 36,419 pages
  • Japanese 439 pages

Ethnic press: African American, Japanese

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