Delta County Historical Society
251 Meeker Street
Delta, CO 81416
(970) 874-8760
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DELTA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY RESOURCES:
NEWSPAPERS:
HARD COPIES:
Delta Chief 1883-1885
Delta Independent 1886-1939
Delta County Independent 1940 -1999
Delta County Tribune 1912-1917
The Delta County Laborer 1897 - 1911
Bommerang/The Free Press 1930-1955
Surface Creek 1904-1943
Austin Journal 1911-1914
The Youth's Companion 1901-1903
The Stars & Stripes 1918-1919
MICROFILM: Delta County Tribune 1897-1917
Delta Chief 1883-1885
Delta Independent 1886-1939
Delta County Independent 1940-1999
Paonia Booster 1905-1911
Paonia Progressive 1905-1911
The Paonian 1912-1974
Crawford Chronicle 1907-1973
North Fork Times (Hotchkiss) 1905-1915
North Fork Times (Paonia) 1979-1988
Surface Creek Champion 1904-1943
Boomerang/The Free Press 1930-1955
DELTA COUNTY CENSUS;
MICROFILM 1900, 1910, 1920
HARD COPIES 1895
CITY DIRECTORIES: Delta, Cedaredge, Paonia, Hotchkiss, Crawford, Rural Delta: 1910 1912-1913 1935 1949 1963 1969 thru 1972
TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES: 1917 1948 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959
COLORADO STATE DIRECTORIES: 1920 1950 1956
DELTA HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOKS: 1905, 07, 09 1912, 13, 14, 16 1922, 24-29 1930, 1931, 35, 37, 38 1946-48 1950-59 1960-62 1980, 82
MANUSCRIPTS: Ezra Wade (Early Pioneer in Paonia Louis Blachly ( Story of his Mother, Mary wife of A. T. Blachly who was killed in the 1893 bank robbery in Delta) Tom McCarthy ( Outlaw, leader of McCarty gang, Friend of Matt Warner and Butch Cassidy) Wilson Rockwell (Colorado History Author) other Delta County Pioneers Diaries: Misc.
SCRAPBOOKS; 53 scrapbooks, all donated. Early Delta County events, business, people, Clubs & Organizations, pioneers, schools, etc.
CLIPPING FILES: You name it- We may have it! Mostly Delta County Stuff.
DOSSIER Files: Files on over 300 Delta County "pioneers" some still living.
PHOTOGRAPH RESOURCES: Early Delta - the town Early Delta citizens Early Delta Businesses and industry Early Delta County Schools
BOOKS:
Local History Delta County Citizens who served in WW-I
Delta County citizens who served in WW II
Progressive Men of Western Colorado (Published 1905)
Cemetery Records: Cemeteries in Delta, Cedaredge, Eckert, Cory, Read Mesa View Cemetery (outside Delta)
History Museum: Owned and operated by the Delta County Historical Society, founded in 1964. Building and utilities provided by The City of Delta Major
Collections:
- Dinosaur bones collected from Dry Mesa Quarry, Vivian Jones Collection.
- World-Class butterfly collection
- Bell Collection ( 9 bells- largest is a 36' Cathedral Bell)
- 1893 Delta Bank Robbery - guns, photos, story
- Horse bridle braided by Tom Horn, executed in Wyoming in 1903
- 1874 Chickering Square Grand Piano- playable- mint condition
- Rifle Bench, circa 1861- used to cut rifling into Kentucky Rifles.
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