Mendocino County Historical newspapers

This online database contains over 300,000 historical newspaper pages from The Ukiah Daily Journal's consolidated group of newspapers. The full-page newspapers, dating back to 1862, are searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content.

The Ukiah Daily Journal, as a news gathering organization, is proud to share the longest continual historic record of Mendocino County, California. Founded in 1860, it has been a source of news and a record of the historic events of Mendocino County every since.

The newspaper went through a series of name, ownership changes and mergers since its beginning.

The most prominent of our titles;

Dispatch Democrat
Mendocino Dispatch Democrat
Mendocino Herald
Redwood Journal Press-dispatch
The Redwood Journal
Ukiah Daily Journal
The Ukiah Daily Journal
The Ukiah News
Ukiah Republican Press

Use the archive to gain a local perspective on historical news, to research your family history or to simply read about a person or event that interests you. We invite you to visit the archive often, as additional pages will be added as they become available.