At the Museum of Western CO
(248 S. 4th St. Grand Junction, CO 81502-5020 (970) 242-0971 );
The museum is very understaffed as far as researchers go,
Contact any member of the Mesa County Genealogical Society for assistance (~2000)
(P.O. Box 1506 Grand Junction, CO 81502-1506).  
28 rolls of microfilm
The Prinster Newspaper Collection 1897 - 1940

Mesa County and Grand Junction, Colorado
Obituaries

 

Grand Junction Newspapers:

Daily Sentinel Obituaries (search option available)

The Daily Sentinel Current Daily newspaper

The Weekly Sentinel 1 Jan 1897 - 25 Jan 1902
Grand Junction Star and The Evening Sun 12 Mar 1900- 24 Aug 190? (Can't Read)

The Evening Sun 26 Aug 1901 - 29 Apr 1907
The Weekly Sentinel for the following dates:

1 Feb 1902 - 19 Jan 1907
26 Jan 1902 - 30 Sept 1910
7 Oct 1910 - 25 Apr 1913
2 May 1913 - 17 Mar 1916
24 Mar 1916 - 27 Sep 1918

The Herald:

10 Sep 1904 - 12 Jan 1907
19 Jan 1907 - 25 Dec 1908
8 Jan 1909 - 14 July 1910

The Palisade Tribune 2 Jan 1909-29 Jan 1911

DeBeque Shale and Oil 19 Jan 1923 - 28 Dec 1923

The Morning Sun about 1956 (published only for about 2 years when the regular paper was on strike)
The museum has only a few copies.

Fruita Newspapers:

The Mesa County Mail

14 Feb 1908 - 31 Dec 1909
7 Jan 1910 - 26 Dec 1911
2 Jan 1912 - 30 July 1914
6 Aug 1914 - 30 Sept 1915
7 Oct 1915 - 22 Aug 1918
29 Aug 1918 - 15 Dec 1921
22 Dec 1921 - Dec 6 1923

(Museum has copies. Call for an appt if you wish to see them)

Plateau Valley Newspapers:

The Collbran Oracle 15 Sep 1900 - 6 Jan 1901
Plateau Voice 6 Jan 1911 - 13 Dec 1912
20 Dec 1912 - 31 Dec 1915
7 Jan 1916 - 12 Oct 1917
19 Oct 1917 - 30 July 1920
6 Aug 1920 - 9 Feb 1923
16 Feb 1923- 28 Nov 1924

U S Federal Civil Work Admin. -Pamphlets # 360, 362-64, 367.

CWA Interviews in Ottero, Montezuma, LaPlata, Huerfauo, Mesa, Rio Grande, Saguache, and Archulete Counties in Colorado.

Palisade Tribune:
2 Jan 1904 - 29 Dec 1911, 6 June 1903- 7 Mar 1908, 7 Mar 1908 - 24 May 1912,
31 May 1920 - 28 Dec 1923, 24 Jan 1924 - 4 Sept 1925, 3 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1947
2 Jan 1948 - 2 Mar 1951, 1 Jan 1954 - 30 Dec 1966, 6 Jan 1978 - 20 July 1979,
3 Jan 1980 - 1 Oct 1981

The Museum of Western Colorado also has a microfiche file of the Colorado Historical Society's Index of Colorado Papers. It is necessary to go to Denver to see them. The index gives the location of all the papers it lists.

Fruita Times:
5 Dec 1929- 5 June 1930, 2 Jan 1945- 15 Sept 1945, 12 Jan 1951- 16 Nov 1951, 4 Jul 1952 - to present. plus about 30 isolated copies from other times, these papers may be seen at the Fruita Times office. It is best to make an appointment.

Mesa County Public Library in Grand Junction has complete files of the Daily Sentinel from 1883 to present
Also Grand Junction News 1882 - 1915 and weekly Sentinel.

The library has an obituary file from the sentinel plus some that have been supplied by by the Mesa County Genealogical Society.