Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Thanksgiving" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
thanks, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner, turkey.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"A Proclamation"
The Smoky Hill and Republican Union (Junction City, KS), October 17, 1863, Page 1, Image 1, col. 5.
"Centennial Thanksgiving Ode"
The Weekly Kansas Chief (Troy, KS), November 30, 1876, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"It Is Like a Carnival"
The Columbus Journal (Columbus, NE), November 28, 1888, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"A Thanksgiving Harvest"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), November 21, 1897, Part III, Page 20, Image 20, col. 1.
"History of the Day"
Marietta Daily Leader (Marietta, OH), November 29, 1900, Page 6, Image 6, col. 5.
"The Thanksgiving Dinner"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 24, 1901, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1.
"Thanksgiving a Celebration Peculiar to the Nation"
The Saint Paul Globe (St. Paul, MN), November 22, 1903, Page 12, Image 12, col. 1.
"Appointing the Day of Thanksgiving"
The Rice Belt Journal (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, LA), November 22, 1907, Page 7, Image 7, col. 6.
"Not Withstanding a Few Drawbacks, There Is Still Much to Be Thankful for This Winter"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), November 20, 1910, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1.
"The Meaning of Thanksgiving Day"
The Princeton Union (Princeton, MN), November 29, 1917, Page 6, Image 6, col. 4.
"City Solemnly Gives Thanks for Victory"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), November 29, 1918, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.
"President's Thanksgiving Proclamation"
The Citizen (Berea, KY), November 18, 1920, Page 1, Image 1, col. 3.

Thanksgiving: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America