Jennifer try this URL for Rifle http://www.pppp.net/links/news/USA-CO.Newspaper.html Scroll down to Rifle Also I found tons of history and information in this URL http://128.138.144.71/cpa/BOOK/mesa.html Terri, it mentions an old book by Benton Canon, "Early Days on the Westen Slope of Colorado", 1913 which I would like to get my hands on. Each Colorado County has a history like these. I really learned a ton. Lorna