The Golden State is well chronicled in this digital newspaper collection created by the University of California, Riverside. The offerings here include over 400,000 pages of significant California newspapers published from 1846 to 1922, including the first California newspaper, the Californian. First-time visitors can get started by looking over the Featured paper on the site's homepage. There are over two dozen titles, including the Amador Ledger, the Los Angeles Herald, and the Mariposa Gazette. Additionally, visitors can search by tags, dates, or publication using the site's search engine. Interested parties can also help out the project by adding corrections to the database. All visitors need to do is create a login and they can get started right away.