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Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
Reeves County Library
Pecos, Texas
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Pecos.
1901 to 2025Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
331,588Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Pecos, Texas.
Explore the past of Pecos, Texas through newspapers as well as yearbooks and annuals in the Reeves County Library's digital archive. Its fourteen titles include material from 1901 to 2025.
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Selected titles
Explore titles such as “Eagle Yearbooks” and “The Pecos Indepedent News”, shared by Reeves County Library.
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Different views of the past
A familiar name or event takes on another dimension in the newspaper coverage of its time, alongside the stories that mattered to the readers of that issue. Yearbooks and annuals bring together the people and activities their editors chose to remember, offering a view of life within a particular year.
Reporting from the time can reveal how people described the events, work and concerns of their day, placing a local story within the history unfolding around it. Whether you are tracing a family connection, exploring a local event or sharing history with a class, there is more to discover than names and dates alone. Explore the archive online for free, without a subscription.
Explore the collection
Titles in this collection
Browse fourteen titles and 331,588 digitized pages, with material from 1901 to 2025. Through a partnership with Advantage Archives, Reeves County Library shares these sources from the past. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Bring a person, place or date you recognize, and browse the titles below for a first clue in the story you want to follow.
Eagle Yearbooks
19,554 pages from 1946 to 1999
Pecos Daily News
434 pages in 1962
Pecos Daily Times
82 pages in 1911
Pecos Enterprise
289,696 pages from 1916 to 2025
Pecos Free Press
12 pages in 2009
Pecos Gusher
1,966 pages from 1921 to 1925
Pecos Independent And Enterprise
10,350 pages from 1960 to 1966
Pecos Record Times
674 pages in 1913
Pecos Times
2,900 pages from 1910 to 1917
Prairie Du Rocher Sun
24 pages in 1956
Reeves County Record
620 pages from 1901 to 1911
The Pecos Indepedent News
5,180 pages from 1955 to 1967
The Uptown News And The Northside Citizen
16 pages in 1930
Toyah Enterprise
80 pages in 1945
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About the Archive
About The Reeves County Library’s History Archives
- Reeves County Record (1901-1911) Pecos Times (1910-1917) Pecos Record Times (1913-1913) Pecos Enterprise (1916-2023) Pecos Daily Times (1911-1911) Pecos Gusher (1921-1925) The Uptown News And The Northside Citizen (1930-1930)
- Toyah Enterprise (1945-1945)
- Pecos Independent And Enterprise (1960-1966)
- Pecos Daily News (1962-1962)
- Prairie Du Rocher Sun (1956-1956)
- Pecos Free Press (2009-2009)
- Eagle Yearbooks (1946-1999)
- The Pecos Independent News (1955-1967)
About the Library
About The Reeves County Library
The Reeves County Library aims to enrich the Reeves County community by providing access to ideas, information, technology, and cultural opportunities. Serving the residents of Reeves County, the library offers a wide range of services and resources to meet the diverse needs of its patrons.
Library History
The History Of The Reeves County Library
The library has been a cornerstone of the Pecos community for many years, dedicated to promoting lifelong learning and cultural enrichment. Over the years, the library has expanded its collections and services to better serve the community, ensuring access to valuable resources and information.
About the Community
About The City of Pecos, Texas
Pecos, Texas is a vibrant community with a rich history dating back to its founding in the 19th century. Known for its strong sense of community and cultural heritage, Pecos offers a blend of small-town charm and modern amenities. The city is home to several historical landmarks and cultural attractions, making it a great place to explore and learn about Texas history.
Local History
Did You Know?
Pecos, Texas is known as the home of the world's first rodeo, which was held on July 4, 1883. This event is celebrated annually, drawing visitors from all over the country. The Reeves County Library's extensive collection of local newspapers provides a valuable resource for those researching family history, local events, and the rich cultural heritage of Pecos and the surrounding areas.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Look beyond a familiar name
A school story from Pecos may begin with a class, activity, or organization. Use the dated pages in the yearbooks and annuals shared by the Reeves County Library to follow that clue across a volume, and compare another source before treating a similar name as the same student. What a yearbook chose to celebrate reflects its publication and its time, not necessarily the full range of life in the community.
Where the available dates overlap, use a name, activity, or organization in a yearbook or annual as a starting point for a newspaper search. Compare the details carefully; a similar name is a lead to investigate, not an identification by itself.
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 you connect a local story to its evidence and explain what remains uncertain.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Reeves 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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