Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Alturas 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 16 papers that were published in the immediate area of Alturas. In addition, the list contains another 8 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Alturas. In total, we've identified 24 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Alturas.

Newspapers Published In Alturas ...

We know of 16 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Alturas:

Alturas Herald (from 189?)
- The first year of publication was in 189?, with an unknown end date
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Alturas Herald
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92068852
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26515415
Alturas Plaindealer And Modoc County Times (from 1935)
- Years of publication: 1935 to 1952
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Alturas Plaindealer And Modoc County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92069398
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26604624
Alturas Plaindealer
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1935
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Alturas Plaindealer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93053158
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28103476
Modoc County Record And Alturas Plaindealer (from 1952)
- Years of publication: 1952 to 1960
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Modoc County Record And Alturas Plaindealer
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92069399
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26902032
Modoc County Record And Surprise Valley Record
- The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 1952
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Modoc County Record And Surprise Valley Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92069402
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26604785
Modoc County Times (from 1928)
- Years of publication: 1928 to 1935
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Modoc County Times
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92069400
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26604596
The Alturas New Era (from 1903)
- Years of publication: 1903 to 1904
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Alturas New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93053160
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28103447
The Alturas New Era (from 1915)
- Years of publication: 1915 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Alturas New Era
- Holdings for: LCCN SN98061057
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39756771
The Independent (from 1878)
- Years of publication: 1878 to 1879
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92068854
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26511488
The Modoc County Record (from 1960)
- Years of publication: 1960 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Modoc County Record
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93053159
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28103482
The Modoc Independent (from 1879)
- Years of publication: 1879 to 1890
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Modoc Independent
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92068855
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26511504
The Modoc Republican (from 190?)
- Years of publication: 190? to 1915
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Modoc Republican
- Holdings for: LCCN SN93053157
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28103402
Continue List (4 more) ...
- The New Era-Chronicle (from 1914)
  - Years of publication: 1914 to 1915
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era-Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98061056
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39756630
- The New Era (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 1914
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93053161
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 28103455
- The New Era (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1903
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The New Era
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN87067061
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15156572
- The Weekly Modoc (from 1890)
  - Years of publication: 1890 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Modoc
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92068853
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26511553

Newspapers Neighboring Alturas ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Alturas.

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

Published In Cedarville ...
- Surprise Valley Journal (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Surprise Valley Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97069584
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37546356
- Surprise Valley Record (from 1892)
  - Years of publication: 1892 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Surprise Valley Record
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97060701
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36653335
Published In Adin ...
- Adin Hawkeye (from 1878)
  - The first year of publication was in 1878, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Adin Hawkeye
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN92068850
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26574003
- Adin Weekly Argus (from 1911)
  - Years of publication: 1911 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Adin Weekly Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93053080
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27808422
- The Adin Argus (from 1947)
  - Years of publication: 1947 to 1948
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Adin Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93053082
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27808436
- The Adin Argus (from 1881)
  - Years of publication: 1881 to 1888
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Adin Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89055264
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20715733
- Weekly Adin Argus (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1947
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Adin Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN93053081
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 27808431
- Weekly Adin Argus (from 1888)
  - Years of publication: 1888 to 1911
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Weekly Adin Argus
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN89055265
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 20715730

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alturas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alturas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4874, Longitude: -120.5424