Arizona Online Historical Newspapers

There are about 1,700 newspapers that have been published in the Grand Canyon State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are quite a few that are indeed available. So go for it - find articles about the events, history, and people that capture the stories of Arizona. 

Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.

(Updated October 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America – Arizona Newspapers

• Arizola, Ariz., 1893-1920 The oasis. 
• Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1872-1911 –  The Arizona sentinel. 
• Benson, Cochise County, Ariz., 1915-1921 – The Benson signal.
• Bisbee, Ariz., 1898-1900 The Arizona daily orb. 
• Bisbee, Ariz., 1900-1901 Cochise review and Arizona daily orb. 
• Bisbee, Ariz., 1900-1901 Cochise review. 
• Bisbee, Ariz., 1901-1971 Bisbee daily review. 
• Bisbee, Cochise County, Ariz. Territory, 1896-1900 The Weekly orb. 
• Clifton, Ariz., 1911-1929 The copper era and Morenci leader. 
• Clifton, Graham County, A.T., Ariz., 1883-1889 The Clifton clarion. 
• Clifton, Graham County, Ariz., 1899-1911 The Copper era. 
• Coolidge, Ariz., 1930-current – The Coolidge examiner.
• Douglas, Ariz., 1903-1961 – Douglas daily dispatch.
• Duncan, Greenlee County, Ariz., 1908-1915 – Duncan Arizonian.
• Flagstaff, Ariz., 1891-1891 The Coconino sun. 
• Flagstaff, Ariz., 1891-1896 The Coconino weekly sun. 
• Flagstaff, Ariz., 1896-1897 The Flagstaff sun-democrat. 
• Flagstaff, Ariz., 1897-1898 The Skylight kicker. 
• Flagstaff, Ariz., 1898-197? The Coconino sun [microform]. 
• Florence, Ariz, 1892-1901 The Florence tribune. 
• Florence, Pinal County, Arizona Territory, 1881-1893 Arizona weekly enterprise. 
• Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1944-1945 – Post script.
• Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 1945-1946 – Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume]
• Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 1943-1945 – The Apache sentinel.
• Fort Whipple, Ariz., 1864-1868 Arizona miner. 
• Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz., 1878-19?? Arizona silver belt. 
• Globe, Gila County, Ariz., 1906-1929 Daily Arizona silver belt. 
• Holbrook, Ariz., 1895-1900 The argus. 
• Holbrook, Ariz., 1900-1913 Holbrook argus. 
• Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.], 1909-1923 The Holbrook news. 
• Kingman, Ariz., 1918-1922 Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth. 
• Mesa, Ariz., 1892-1901 – Mesa free press.
• Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.], 1882-1918 Mohave County miner. 
• Nogales, Ariz., 1894-1934 The border vidette. 
• Nogales, Ariz., 1917-1920 – The Daily morning oasis.
• Nogales, Ariz., 1925-1926 – International.
• Nogales, Ariz., 1926-1979 – Nogales international.
• Parker, Ariz., 1910-1918 – The Parker post.
• Peach Springs, Mohave County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1883-1891 The Arizona champion. 
• Phoenix [Ariz.], 1891-1892 The weekly Republican. 
• Phoenix [Ariz.], 1943-???? – Adahooniłigii. [volume]
• Phoenix, 1948-1983 – The Phoenix Jewish news.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 189?-189? – El Observador mexicano.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1890-1930 Arizona republican. 
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1892-1899 Arizona weekly republican. 
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1918-193? – Phoenix tribune.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1925-1945 – El mensajero.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1929-193? – The Arizona gleam.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 193?-19?? – The Phoenix index.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1937-19?? – El imparcial. [volume]
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1939-1981 – El sol.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1942-196? – Arizona sun.
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1956-19?? – El imparcial. [volume]
• Phoenix, Ariz., 1958-197? – Arizona tribune.
• Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1879-1882 The Phoenix herald. 
• Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.], 1882-1896 Weekly Phoenix herald. 
• Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory, 1896-1899 Phoenix weekly herald. 
• Phoenix, Salt River Valley, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.], 1878-1879 Salt River herald. 
• Prescott, Ariz, 1877-1885 The weekly Arizona miner. 
• Prescott, Ariz., 1868-1873 The weekly Arizona miner. 
• Prescott, Ariz., 1874-1877 Arizona weekly miner. 
• Prescott, Ariz., 1885-1903 Arizona weekly journal-miner. 
• Prescott, Ariz., 1903-1908 Weekly Arizona journal-miner. 
• Prescott, Ariz., 1908-1929 Weekly journal-miner. 
• Ray, Ariz., 1910-1920 – The Arizona copper camp. [volume]
• Safford, Ariz., 1895-1923 Graham guardian. 
• Safford, Ariz., 1896-189? Safford rattler. 
• San Carlos Apache Reservation, Ariz., 196?-19?? – Apache drum beat.
• Sells, Ariz., 1954-19?? – Papago Indian news.
• Snowflake, Ariz., 1913-1969 – The Snowflake herald.
• St. Johns, Apache Co., Ariz., 1905-1917 St. Johns herald and Apache news. 
• St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz., 1917-1938 The St. Johns herald. 
• St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona Territory [Ariz.], 1885-1903 The St. Johns herald. 
• St. Johns, Ariz., 1901-1903 Snips. 
• St. Johns, Ariz., 1903-1905 Snips and the St. Johns herald. 
• Supai, Ariz., 195?-195? – The Supai weekly news.
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1880-1882 The Tombstone epitaph. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1882-1885 The Tombstone. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1882-1887 Tombstone weekly epitaph. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1885-1886 The Daily Tombstone. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1885-1887 Daily Tombstone epitaph. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1887-1890 Tombstone daily epitaph. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1887-1891 Tombstone daily prospector. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1887-current Tombstone epitaph. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1891-1914 Tombstone prospector. 
• Tombstone, Ariz., 1893-1913 The Arizona kicker. 
• Tombstone, Pima County, Ariz., 1880-1882 The Tombstone epitaph. 
• Tubac, Ariz., 1859-18?? The weekly Arizonian. 
• Tucson, A.T. [Ariz.], 1868-1871 The Weekly Arizonian. 
• Tucson, Ariz, 1880-1901 Arizona weekly citizen. 
• Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.], 1884-1901 – Arizona daily citizen.
• Tucson, Ariz., 1878-193? El fronterizo. volume 
• Tucson, Ariz., 1880-1880 Weekly Arizona citizen. 
• Tucson, Ariz., 1901-1928 – The Tucson citizen.
• Tucson, Ariz., 191?-19?? – El mosquito.
• Tucson, Ariz., 1915-1957 – El Tucsonense.
• Tucson, Ariz., 1946-1990 – The Arizona post.
• Tucson, Arizona, 1922-19?? – El fronterizo. [volume]
• Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.], 1870-1880 Arizona citizen. 
• Whiteriver, Ariz., 1962-current – The Fort Apache scout. [volume]
• Wickenburg, Ariz., 1901-1907 – The news-herald. [volume]
• Wickenburg, Ariz., 1919-1927 – ​Arizona state miner. [volume]
• Williams, Ariz., 1891-19?? Williams news [microform]. 
• Window Rock, Ariz., 1959-1960 – The Navajo times.
• Window Rock, Ariz., 1960-1984 – Navajo times.
• Winslow, Ariz., 1893-1926 – The Winslow mail.
• Winslow, Navajo County, Ariz., 1926-1932 – Winslow daily mail.
• Yuma, Ariz., 1911-1915 Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner. 
• Yuma, Ariz., 1915-1916 Arizona sentinel Yuma southwest. 
• Yuma, Ariz., 1916-1918 Arizona sentinel. 

Google News Archive

• Ajo – Ajo Copper News
• Benson – San Pedro Valley News-Sun
• Black Canyon City – Canyon Country News
• Camp Verde – The Camp Verde Journal
• Chino Valley – Chino Valley Review
• Chino Valley – Review
• Cottonwood – Cottonwood Journal Extra
• Hayden – Copper Basin News
• Kingman – Mohave Daily Miner
• Kingman – Kingman Daily Miner 
• Lake Havasu – News Herald
• Lake Havasu – Today’s News-Herald
• Lordsburg – Hidalgo County Herald
• Mayer – Big Bug News
• Mayer – The Prescott Valley Tribune
• Parker – Parker Pioneer
• Phoenix – The Phoenix Gazette
• Prescott – Arizona Daily Journal-Miner
• Prescott – Arizona Journal-Miner
• Prescott – Arizona Miner
• Prescott – Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner
• Prescott – The Arizona Weekly Miner.
• Prescott – The Courier
• Prescott – The Daily Courier
• Prescott – The Evening Courier
• Prescott – Journal Miner
• Prescott – The Prescott Courier
• Prescott – Prescott Evening Courier
• Prescott – Prescott Journal Miner
• Prescott – Prescott Sunday Courier
• Prescott – Prescott Weekly Courier
• Prescott – The Sunday Courier
• Prescott – Weekly Arizona Journal-Miner
• Prescott – The Weekly Arizona Miner
• Prescott – Weekly Journal Miner
• Prescott Valley – The Tribune
• San Manuel – San Manuel Miner
• Sedona – Sedona Red Rock News
• Superior – The Superior Sun
• Willcox – Arizona Range News
• Willcox – Range News

Arizona Digital Newspaper Program 1850’s-1920’s

• 92d Buffalo
• 93d Blue Helmet
• Ádahooníłígíí
• Apache Drum Beat
• Apache Sentinel and Post Script of the Apache Sentinel
• Arizona Black Dispatch
• Arizona Citizen
• Arizona Copper Camp
• Arizona Daily Citizen
• Arizona Miner
• Arizona Republican
• Arizona Sentinel
• Arizona Sentinel and Yuma Weekly Examiner
• Arizona Sentinel Yuma Southwest
• Arizona Silver Belt
• Arizona State Miner
• Arizona Sun
• Arizona Tribune
• Arizona Weekly Citizen
• Arizona Weekly Enterprise
• Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner
• Arizona Weekly Miner
• Arizona Weekly Republican
• Arizona Women’s Voice
• Arizona’s Negro Journal
• Bisbee Daily Review
• Cochise Review
• Cochise Review and Arizona Daily Orb
• Daily Arizona Silver Belt
• Daily Morning Oasis
• Daily Tombstone Epitaph
• Douglas Daily Dispatch
• Duncan Arizonian
• El Fronterizo
• El Imparcial
• El Mensajero
• El Mosquito
• El Observador Mexicano
• El Saguaro
• El Sol
• El Tucsonense
• Florence Tribune
• Graham Guardian
• Holbrook Argus
• Maricopa Stake News
• Mesa Free Press
• Mohave County Miner
• Mohave County Miner and Our Mineral Wealth
• Navajo Times
• Nogales International
• Papago Indian News
• Phoenix Tribune
• Phoenix Weekly Herald
• Red Rock News
• Safford Rattler
• Salt River Herald
• Sedona Red Rock News
• Snips
• Snips and the St. Johns Herald
• St. Johns Herald and Apache News
• Supai Weekly News
• The Argus
• The Arizona Champion
• The Arizona Daily Orb
• The Arizona Gleam
• The Arizona Kicker
• The Arizona Post
• The Arizona Sentinel
• The Arizona Times
• The Arizonian
• The Benson Signal
• The Border Vidette
• The Bullet
• The Clifton Clarion
• The Coconino Sun (1891-1891)
• The Coconino Sun (1898-1922)
• The Coconino Sun (1898-1927)
• The Coconino Weekly Sun
• The Coolidge Examiner
• The Copper Era
• The Copper Era and Morenci Leader
• The Daily Tombstone
• The Desert Press
• The Flagstaff Sun-Democrat
• The Fort Apache Scout
• The Holbrook News
• The International
• The News-Herald
• The Oasis
• The Parker Post
• The Phoenix Herald
• The Phoenix Index
• The Phoenix Jewish News
• The Skylight Kicker
• The Snowflake Herald
• The St. Johns Herald
• The St. Johns Herald (1917-1922)
• The Tombstone
• The Tombstone Epitaph (Daily)
• The Tombstone Epitaph (Weekly)
• The Tucson Citizen
• The Weekly Arizona Miner (1868-1873)
• The Weekly Arizona Miner (1877-1885)
• The Weekly Arizonian (1859)
• The Weekly Arizonian (1868-1871)
• The Weekly Orb
• The Weekly Republican
• The Williams News
• The Winslow Mail
• Tombstone Daily Epitaph
• Tombstone Daily Prospector
• Tombstone Epitaph
• Tombstone Prospector
• Tombstone Weekly Epitaph
• Tuba City Voice
• Warrior Highlights
• Weekly Arizona Citizen
• Weekly Arizona Journal-Miner
• Weekly Journal-Miner
• Weekly Phoenix Herald
• Western Navajo Voice

County and Library Collections:
Casa Grande Public Library Archives (1912–2007) 

• Casa Grande Dispatch (1912 – 2012)
• Cotton and Agriculture (2001 – 2002)

Casa Grande Public Library

• Bulletin 
• Casa Grande Dispatch 
• Casa Grande Times 
• Cotton and Agriculture 
• Tri Valley Dispatch 
• Wampum Saver 

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Eloy Santa Cruz Library​

• Aqui Y Alli En El Condado De Pinal
• Devils Call
• El Heraldo
• El Heraldo Anteriormente Aqui Y Alli
• El Heraldo En El Condado De Pinal
• Eloy Enterprise
• Enterprise
• Florence Reminder And Blade Tribune
• Memories
• Prom A Success
• Star Crazy

Window Rock Newspaper Archives

• Navajo Times (1963 – 2000)
• Navajo Times Today (1984 – 1987)
• Navapache (1984)
• White Mountain Navapache Independent (1984)
• Window Rock Navajo Times (1959 – 2016)

Student Collections:
Arizona State University – Tempe

• State Press

Chandler-Gilbert Community College – Chandler

• The Connection

Corona del Sol High School – Tempe

• CDSunrise

Deer Valley High School – Glendale

• The Skyhawk Flight

Glendale Community College – Glendale

• El Tiempo Pasando
• College Voice
• The Voice

Grand Canyon University – Phoenix

• GCU Today

Little Cowpuncher Rural School Newspaper of Southern Arizona 1934-1943 – Southern Arizona

•  REDINGTON SCHOOL
•  BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL – POSO NUEVO RANCH
•  BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL – ESPINOSA RANCH
•  BABOQUIVARI SCHOOL – PALO ALTO RANCH
•  SASCO RANCH SCHOOL – RED ROCK
•  SAN FERNANDO SCHOOL – SASABE
•  SOPORI SCHOOL

Mesa Community College – Mesa

• Mesa Legend

Northern Arizona University – Flagstaff

• The Pine
• The Lumberjack

Notre Dame Preparatory – Scottsdale

• The Seraphim

Phoenix College – Phoenix

• News Briefs

Rio Salado College – Tempe

• Rio News

Sandra Day O’Connor High School – Phoenix

• The Talon

University of Arizona – Tucson

• Daily Wildcat

Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
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Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press

• Americas 2001 1987 – 1988 
• Basta Ya!  1970 – 1972  
• Boletin Oficial 1855 – 1876  
• Corazon del Aztlan 1981 – 1982 
• El Coraje 1969 
• El Fronterizo  1882 – ’84; 1887 – ’97; 1904 – ‘08  
• El Fronterizo  1926 – 1929  
• El Hijo de el Fronterizo 1912 
• El Independiente 1985 – 1986; 1988 – 2004  
• El Mosquito 1919 – 1923; 1925  
• El Paso Morning Times (English) 1913 – 1918 
• El Paso Morning Times (Spanish) 1914 – 1918 
• El Pueblo 1968  
• El Tucsonense  1924 – 1959  
• Hispano America 1918 – 1934 
• La Constitucion 1880 – 1910 
• La Cronica 1914 – 1917  
• La Estrella Occidente  1855 – 1876  
• La Prensa 1970  
• La Raza 1967 – 1970 
• Regeneracion 1970  
• South Tucson’s El Independiente 1976 – 1984  

Independent Voices – Alternative Newspapers

• Druid Free Press
• El Paisano
• From A Window
• Huachuca Hard Times
• Ironwood
• Rebirth
• Where Are We?
• Keeping The Record Straight

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942

• Flagstaff – Eight Holer (Company 311)
• Grand Canyon – Call Of The Kaibab (Company 818)
• Kaibab Forest – Kaibab (Company 818)
• Kaibab Forest – Keystone Cry
• Kingman – Cattle Guard News (Company 340)
• Kingman – Cattle Guard News (Company 340)
• Kingman – CGN (Company 340)
• Phoenix – Desert Sentinel (Company 818)
• Safford – Desert Sun (Company 368)
• Tucson – Eastern Cry

Japanese-American Internment Camp Newspapers, 1942 to 1946

• Poston Chronicle (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1945
• Gila News-Courier (Rivers, Arizona) 1942 to 1945
• Press Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
• Official Daily Press Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
• Official Information Bulletin (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1942
• Gila Bulletin ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1945 to 1945
• Gila Co-Op News ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1943 to 1945
• Relocator News Week ([Rivers, Ariz.]) 1943-194?
• Poston Christian Church (Poston, Ariz.) 1942 to 1945
• Gila News-Courier
• Poston Chronicle
• Gila River Relocation Center: Gila Co-Op News 1943-1945
• Gila River Relocation Center: Gila News-Courier 1943-1945
• Gila River Relocation Center: Relocator News Week 1943-1944
• Gila River War Relocation Center: Gila Bulletin 1943-1945
• Poston War Relocation Center: Poston Chronicle 1942-1945
• Poston War Relocation Center: Press Bulletin 1942-1945

Small Town Papers

• Ajo Copper News Ajo, Arizona
• Arizona Range News Willcox, Arizona
• The Camp Verde Journal Camp Verde, Arizona
• Copper Basin News Kearny , Arizona
• Cottonwood Journal Extra Cottonwood, Arizona
• San Manuel Miner San Manuel, Arizona
• San Pedro Valley News-Sun Benson, Arizona
• Sedona Red Rock News Sedona, Arizona
• The Superior Sun Keamy, Arizona

Newspaper Abstracts – Arizona
Other Free Sites:
Kingman

• ​Hellcat News

Phoenix

• Phoenix Jewish News Photographs Collection 
• The Catholic Sun – 2011-present

Tucson

• New Vision – 2011-present
• Tucson Weekly

Window Rock

• Ádahooníłígíí