January 12, 1984 - 1992: The Marfa Independent and The Big Bend Sentinel

Marfa, Presidio County, Texas Historical Newspapers Online

Thanks to Gary Oliver, Marfa Library Board President, for coming up with the idea of digitizing the Marfa Public Library’s microfilmed copies of Marfa newspapers from 1921-2004. The City of Marfa funded the project. Plans are underway to continue digitizing subsequent issues.
The papers are made accessible on the internet thanks to hosting by Sul Ross State University’s Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library.

Click or touch the masthead to access PDFs of issues from that generation of the paper.

1921 – 1928: The New Era
April 15, 1926 – 1929: The Big Bend Sentinel
June 16, 1928: La Voz de Marfa
1930s: The Big Bend Sentinel and Marfa New Era

New Era name dropped March 19, 1939
1940s: The Big Bend Sentinel
1950s: The Big Bend Sentinel
1960s: The Big Bend Sentinel
1970s: The Big Bend Sentinel
1980 – January 6, 1984: The Big Bend Sentinel

January 7, 1993 – October 13, 1994: The Big Bend Sentinel and The Marfa Independent
October 20, 1994 – 1999: The Big Bend Sentinel
January 6, 2000 – 2004: The Big Bend Sentinel