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Pershing County Library
Chafey, Nevada
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Chafey.
1866 to 2015Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
136,008Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Chafey, Nevada.
Discover another side of Chafey, Nevada through newspapers preserved in the Pershing County Library's digital archive. Its twenty-four titles include material from 1866 to 2015.
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Selected titles
Selected titles from Pershing County Library include “Lovelock Review Miner” and “The Lovelocks Courier”.
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Free and open access
No subscription or payment required.
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A closer look
Newspaper pages connect individual accounts with a wider story, preserving how events were reported and presented to the readers of the day.
The reporting of earlier years offers a way to explore how events were understood as they happened and how local experiences became part of the historical record. A family story, a classroom project or curiosity about a familiar place can lead to a closer look at the community and the lives of earlier generations. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
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Titles in this collection
Browse twenty-four titles and 136,008 digitized pages, with material from 1866 to 2015. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Pershing County Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Follow a family connection or a question about the community through the titles below and the history they preserve.
Lovelock Review Miner
100,488 pages from 1929 to 2015
Lovelock Review Miner and Lovelock Tribune
10,390 pages from 1987 to 1991
Lovelock Tribune
184 pages in 1987
Mining Topics
24 pages from 1921 to 1922
Nevada New Era
14 pages from 1893 to 1894
Nevada New Era
10 pages in 1894
Northern Nevada Weekly Mine Review
120 pages in 1915
Review Miner
10,316 pages from 1913 to 1929
Rochester Journal
56 pages in 1913
Seven Troughs and Lovelock Review Miner
1,324 pages from 1911 to 1913
Seven Troughs District News
142 pages from 1908 to 1909
Seven Troughs Miner
1,268 pages from 1907 to 1910
The Argus
1,676 pages from 1901 to 1905
The Chafey News
124 pages from 1908 to 1909
The Daily Humboldt Register
1,794 pages in 1876
The Humboldt Register
370 pages from 1869 to 1870
The Humboldt Register
788 pages from 1866 to 1869
The Humboldt Register and Workingmans Advocate
50 pages in 1869
The Lovelock Review
724 pages from 1909 to 1910
The Lovelock Tribune
5,698 pages from 1898 to 1912
The Lovelocks Courier
6 pages in 1900
The Rochester Miner
322 pages from 1913 to 1914
Vernon Miner
12 pages in 1907
Vernon Review
108 pages in 1907
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About the Archive
About the Pershing County Library's History Archives
The Pershing County Library offers free access to historical resources through its digital archives, provided in partnership with Advantage Archives . The Pershing County Library has digitized a vast collection of local newspapers, preserving Pershing County’s rich history for public exploration.
About the Library
About the Pershing County Library
The Pershing County Library serves the diverse population of Pershing County by providing materials that support education, self-enrichment, and lifelong learning. Through its resources and services, the library enriches the community by promoting access to information in various formats.
Library History
The History of the Pershing County Library
Established to meet the informational and educational needs of the local community, the Pershing County Library has grown into a vital resource offering both physical and digital collections that preserve the county’s rich history.
About the Community
About Pershing County, Nevada
Pershing County, located in Nevada, is known for its history in mining and agriculture. The area has a rich heritage, and the Pershing County Library plays a key role in preserving that history through its digital archives and community resources.
Local History
Did You Know?
- Pershing County was named after General John J. Pershing, a prominent military leader in World War I.
- The library actively supports the preservation of local history through both digital and physical collections.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Read a report in its time and place
The history of Chafey includes individual lives as well as events remembered by the wider community. In the digital archive shared by the Pershing County Library, begin with a name, place or date connected with the story you want to explore. When using historical newspapers, try alternate spellings and nearby dates, then read the surrounding page to place a local story in its time. Compare later reporting or another available title to explore different perspectives rather than treating one account as the whole story. Check nearby issues or another listed newspaper when available. Differences in timing and wording can add perspective to a story, while the issue date and surrounding articles help show what kind of account you are reading.
Follow a promising report into a nearby issue or another title where available. Compare dates and surrounding coverage; a single account is one perspective on a story. Use the surrounding account to shape your next question, while keeping each source's perspective distinct.
Keep the title, date, page, or item reference with each useful finding. Separate the words in a historical account from your interpretation, and note conflicting perspectives rather than choosing one too quickly. These notes help connect a local story to its evidence and show what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Pershing County Library, its community, and Advantage Archives. Together, these partnerships preserve local sources and give people a way to explore, learn from, and share the history around them.
Advantage Archives covers ongoing archive hosting, storage, development, and maintenance. The institution and its community do not pay a subscription, seat license, annual support contract, or other recurring archive-service charge. Local history remains a community resource, not a subscription to maintain.
Would you like to see more of your community's history preserved and accessible? Start a conversation with your library, newspaper publisher, historical or genealogical society, museum, or school about the materials they would like to share and a possible partnership with Advantage Archives.
Learn about partnerships
Stories, research tips, and archive news
Read All About It connects archive research with the people and institutions preserving local history. Explore partner and community stories, project updates, research ideas, and perspectives on digitization, education, and working with primary sources. Use the articles as a starting point for your next question or a new way to share a discovery.
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