Nearly 10,000 pages of historic Oregon newspapers are now online! This is an abundance of content, spanning from 1868 to 1931, that is newly available for research or reading pleasure.
Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla, Or.) May 14, 1915, Image 1. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn94052320/1915-05-14/ed-1/seq-1/
More specifically, eight — yes, EIGHT — historic newspaper titles from the state of Oregon are now available online. These newly added historic Oregon newspapers are as follows:
Corvallis, Benton County, OR. The Corvallis Gazette (Jan. 20, 1882-Nov. 9, 1888)
Corvallis, Benton County, OR. The Corvallis Times (June 2, 1900-Dec. 30, 1903)
Corvallis, Benton County, OR. Corvallis Gazette (Jan. 1, 1906-Dec 28, 1906)
Albany, OR. The Albany Register (Oct. 3, 1868-Dec. 31, 1880)
The Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Or.) November 13, 1885, Image 1. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn84022650/1885-11-13/ed-1/seq-1/
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) September 27, 1902, Image 1. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn2002060538/1902-09-27/ed-1/seq-1/
Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) July 24, 1906, Image 1. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn93051660/1906-07-24/ed-1/seq-1/
Lebanon, Linn County, OR. The Lebanon Express (March 5, 1887-April 29, 1897)
Weston, Umatilla County, OR. Weston Weekly Leader (Dec. 21, 1878-Feb. 4, 1890)
Weston, Umatilla County, OR. The Weston Leader (Aug. 12, 1892-May 13, 1921)
Athena, Umatilla County, OR. The Athena Press (Jan. 1, 1926-Dec. 4, 1931)
As with all of the newspapers on the Historic Oregon Newspapers website, each and every newly uploaded issue of The Corvallis Gazette, Corvallis Times, Corvallis Gazette, Albany Register, Lebanon Express, Weston Weekly Leader, Weston Leader, and Athena Press can be searched by keyword because of optical character recognition (OCR) technology. In addition, each issue of these historic newspapers can be downloaded and saved for future use as a PDF or JPEG file, at absolutely no cost to readers of Historic Oregon Newspapers. Go ahead and take a look today!
The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) February 15, 1929, Image 1. http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088356/1929-02-15/ed-1/seq-1/
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