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Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ashcroft.

Our newspaper information for Ashcroft is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 1 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ashcroft. In addition, the list contains another 31 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ashcroft. In total, we've identified 32 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ashcroft.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashcroft.  

Newspapers Published In Ashcroft ...

We know of only one newspaper that was published in the Ashcroft area:

  • Ashcroft Herald (from 1880)
    • The first year of publication was in 1880, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Ashcroft Herald
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90051231
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21353190

Newspapers Neighboring Ashcroft ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ashcroft.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Ashcroft.

  • Published In Aspen  ...
    • We know of 27 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Aspen. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Aspen
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ashcroft. This extended list includes all the papers from Aspen. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashcroft
  • Published In Gothic [Gunnison County] ...
    • Elk Mountain Bonanza (from 1880)
    • Gothic Miner (from 1881)
    • Silver Record (from 1882)
      • The first year of publication was in 1882, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for the Silver Record
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN86063171
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13209765
  • Published In Snowmass Village  ...
    • Snowmass Sun (from 1979)
  • Published In Crested Butte [Gunnison County] ...
  • Published In Marble [Gunnison County] ...
  • Published In Twin Lakes [Lake County] ...
  • Published In Basalt [Eagle County] ...
  • Published In Tincup [Gunnison County] ...
  • Published In Almont [Gunnison County] ...
  • Published In Granite [Chaffee County] ...
    • Granite Pay-streak (from 1894)
    • The Granite Courier (from 1898)
    • The Granite Mining Journal (from 18??)
  • Published In Leadville [Lake County] ...
    • We know of 31 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Leadville. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Leadville
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ashcroft. This extended list includes all the papers from Leadville. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ashcroft

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Pitkin County: www.aspenpitkin.com/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ashcroft) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ashcroft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0545, Longitude: -106.7981    









 

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