Mancos in Montezuma County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Yesterday's News
Artist: Brad Goodell Artist's assistant: Wyatt Goodell
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2025
1. Yesterday's News Marker
Following the lead of Benjamin Franklin, newspapers swept west with the settlers. Originally only affordable to the affluent, newspapers became accessible to the masses with the introduction of high-speed letterpresses and cheaper newsprint.
Most papers failed quickly. But those that survived became an integral part of their communities, chronicling the daily lives, issues, and events of its citizens as well as offering a window into national and international affairs. The town newspaper was the lifeline and identity of those communities fortunate enough to have an editor and press.
In recent years local newspapers have been disappearing across rural America. This mural celebrates the small town newspaper and the rapidly vanishing art of letterpress printing.
Funding provided by the Ballantine Family Fund and the Mancos Common Press
Copyright: Brad Goodell 2017
Erected 2017.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 37° 20.701′ N, 108° 17.397′ W. Marker is in Mancos, Colorado, in Montezuma County. It is on Grand Avenue (Business U.S. 160) just east of Mesa Street, on the right when
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Regionally, this marker is in the American Mountain West, in Colorado Plateau, and at the Four Corners. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Columbine Bar (a few steps from this marker); Mancos Opera House (a few steps from this marker); Bauer Bank Building (within shouting distance of this marker); 1892 Horse-Drawn Pull Grader (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hard Pressed (about 300 feet away); Bauer House (about 600 feet away); Mancos High School (about 800 feet away); Cedar Grove Cemetery Veterans' Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mancos.
Also see . . . Yesterdays News (Mancos Common Press).
Excerpt: Created by renowned local artist and illustrator Brad Goodell, Yesterdays News incorporates a style reminiscent of art produced during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s. Covering 510 square feet on the west side of the Mancos Common Press building, the image centers on the historic Mancos Times Cranston newspaper press.(Submitted on December 8, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Completed in 2017, Yesterdays News captures the spirit of hardworking entrepreneurial men and women that brought newspapers to rural America.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2025
2. Yesterday's News Marker & Mural
Looking south from Grand Avenue. The marker and mural span the west side of the Mancos Common Press building. The marker is on the left side of the mural.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2025
3. Yesterday's News Mural
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2025
4. Chandler and Price Paper Cutter
circa 1909
circa 1909
On exhibit near the mural.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 16, 2025
5. Chandler and Price Paper Cutter
circa 1909
circa 1909
On exhibit near the mural.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 38 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on December 8, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
