The Nevada County Library has made The Grass Valley Daily Union (which eventually became The Union) for the years 1865-1885 available to you online. Now getting a sense of life in Nevada County in the mid to late 1800s is only a few clicks away! You can search across all years of the collection by news headline (e.g., "empire mine," "chinese") or category (e.g., "announcements," "legal notices," "local intelligence") that have been extracted from the daily publications or you can browse through the newspaper by year, month, and/or day. As the newspaper is stored as image files converted to PDF, the actual text is not searchable.

For more information, call the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research (530-265-4606) or send an email to the Nevada County Library Reference Desk.

Please note that the online holdings are not complete for all years listed. View the 1865-1885 online holdings here. The Doris Foley Library for Historical Research does have the complete holdings of The Union and other local newspapers on microfilm dating from 1865 to present.

Go to The Grass Valley Daily Union 1865-1885