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Explore publications and collections from the past.
Community History Archive Partner
Stevens County Library
Hugoton, Kansas
Explore this community history collection to discover the people, places, organizations, and events of Hugoton.
1886 to 2024Dates represented
See individual titles for available dates.
241,983Archive pages
Historical pages reported for this collection.
Explore local history
Discover the people, places, and stories of Hugoton, Kansas.
Explore the past of Hugoton, Kansas through newspapers in the Stevens County Library's digital archive. Its twenty-two titles include material from 1886 to 2024.
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Selected titles
Examples from Stevens County Library’s collection include “Dermot Enterprise” and “Woodsdale Sentinel”.
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Free and open access
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A closer look
An earlier generation comes into view through the stories its newspapers chose to report, placing familiar names and events within the concerns of their time.
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.
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Titles in this collection
Browse twenty-two titles and 241,983 digitized pages, with material from 1886 to 2024. This collection is shared through Stevens County Library's partnership with Advantage Archives. Some years or items may be missing between the dates shown.
Start with a detail you already know, then browse the titles below for another perspective on the people and places connected with this collection.
Dermot Enterprise
870 pages from 1887 to 1888
Hugoton Hermes
60,342 pages from 1887 to 2018
Moscow Review
324 pages in 1888
South - west Kansan
606 pages from 1896 to 1897
Stevens County Sentinel
1,116 pages from 1893 to 1894
Stevens County Tribune
1,248 pages from 1890 to 1892
Stevens Eagle
69 pages in 1889
The Hermes
1,074 pages from 1888 to 1890
The Hugo Herald
138 pages in 1887
The Hugo Hermes
2,853 pages from 1919 to 1922
The Hugo Weekly Herald
876 pages from 1887 to 1889
The Hugoton Ad - Viser
18 pages in 1934
The Hugoton Hermes
165,642 pages from 1917 to 2024
The Morning Sun
645 pages from 1934 to 1935
The Moscow Review
108 pages in 1888
The South - west Kansan
84 pages in 1896
The Vindicator
24 pages in 1887
The Voorhees Vindicator
1,788 pages from 1887 to 1890
The Woodsdale Times
48 pages in 1886
Tribune - Sentinel
258 pages from 1892 to 1893
Woodsdale Democrat
1,779 pages from 1887 to 1889
Woodsdale Sentinel
2,073 pages from 1889 to 1892
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About the Library
About Stevens County Library
The Stevens County Library, located in Kansas , has been a vital resource for the community since its establishment. It currently operates 54 hours per week throughout the year, providing access to nearly 50,000 items, including books, magazines, audio-visual materials, and more. The library also offers a variety of services, such as copying, faxing, and lamination, along with online databases and year-round reading programs. The meeting space is available for community events, and the library maintains an active presence on social media.
Library History
The History Of Stevens County Library
The library began with a strong foundation of community support and has grown over the years to become an important hub for learning and access to information. With an expanding collection and a commitment to providing valuable resources, the library continues to adapt to the needs of Stevens County residents. Its digital archives, public computers, and comprehensive collection reflect its mission to serve as a resource for both local history and modern information needs.
Local History
Did You Know?
Did you know that the Stevens County Library offers over 50,000 items in its collection, ranging from books and DVDs to online databases and more? The library's history is rich with community involvement, and its modern services continue to expand to meet the needs of all patrons.
More ways to explore and share local history
Research Guidance
Check a text match against the page
A family name, a familiar street or a story passed down through generations can lead to a closer look at the history of Hugoton. The digital archive shared by the Stevens County Library offers a place to begin. 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. If a search result looks incomplete or misspelled, inspect the scanned page when available. Record the issue date and page, then distinguish the printed wording from search text before following the story to another mention.
If a text match looks incomplete, compare it with the scanned newspaper page when available. Check whether wording or names differ, then record the page's printed wording with the issue date and page. Keep the search result distinct from what the page itself shows.
As you connect materials, note where each detail came from and what it can support. Record the title, date, and page or item reference where available. Keep names and relationships tentative until the evidence is strong enough to connect them, and mark which words come from the record and which are your interpretation.
Community Partnership
Keeping local history a community resource
This community archive is made possible by the collaboration of the Stevens 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
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