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Introduction ...

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

Our newspaper information for Rico 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 11 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rico. In addition, the list contains another 60 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rico. In total, we've identified 71 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rico.

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 Rico.  

Newspapers Published In Rico ...

We know of 11 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rico:

  • Rico News-Record (from 1886)
  • Rico Record (from 1883)
  • The Rico Clipper (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 Rico Clipper
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN90051160
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 21254400
  • The Rico Democrat (from 1891)
  • The Rico Item (from 19??)
  • The Rico News-Sun (from 1896)
  • The Rico News (from 18??)
  • The Rico News (from 1901)
  • The Rico Sun (from 1891)
  • The Rico Weekly Sun (from 1891)
  • The Rico-Dove Creek News (from 1933)

Newspapers Neighboring Rico ...

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

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

  • Published In Ophir [San Miguel County] ...
    • The Ophir Mail (from 1897)
      • The first year of publication was in 1897, with an unknown end date
      • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
      • Catalog Card for The Ophir Mail
      • Holdings for:   LCCN SN89052163
      • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 19766271
  • Published In Telluride [San Miguel County] ...
  • Published In Sawpit [San Miguel County] ...
    • The Saw Pit Hummer (from 1896)
  • Published In Silverton [San Juan County] ...
  • Published In Mancos [Montezuma County] ...
  • Published In Eureka [San Juan County] ...
    • The San Juan Expositor (from 1880)
  • Published In Dolores [Montezuma County] ...
    • The Dolores Star (from 1901)
    • The Silver Star (from 1897)
  • Published In Durango [La Plata County] ...
    • We know of 40 newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Durango. The list of those papers is too long to repeat here, but can be found on the Local Newspaper Page for Durango
    • We have an extended list that contains all the papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Rico. This extended list includes all the papers from Durango. The list is sorted by the paper's name. This merged list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Rico
  • Published In Animas Forks [San Juan County] ...
    • Animas Forks Pioneer (from 1882)
  • Published In Ouray [Ouray County] ...

The official website for Chronicling America

The official website for Rico: www.ricocolorado.org/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rico) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rico. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.6885, Longitude: -108.0316       In this case, the coordinates for Rico have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).









 

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