April 23, 1859
First issue of William Byers' newspaper, the Rocky Mountain News, comes off the press, beating a rival, the "Cherry Creek Pioneer," by 20 minutes.
September - December 1859
The Rocky moves twice, from the attic of Uncle Dick Wooten's saloon at 1413-15 11thStreet to a log cabin at 14th and Market Streets, and then to 13th and Walnut.
August 1860
The Rocky converts from a weekly to a daily newspaper. It moves to a building elevated on stilts in the middle of Cherry Creek, near 13th and Market.
May 1864
The building on stilts is swept away by a flash flood.
1866
After multiple moves, the Rocky settles into a brick building called the "News Block" near 16th and Larimer Streets where it stays until 1887.
July 1870
The Rocky changes from an evening to a morning newspaper.
1878
Byers sells the newspaper to Colorado railroad magnate W.A.H. Loveland, who modernizes with telephones, typesetting machines and wire services.
1887
Under new owners, the paper moves to the southwest corner of 17th and Curtis Streets.
1898
First photographs are reproduced in the Rocky.
1901
First red ink headlines appear in the Rocky, and were used until 1933. The paper moves to 1720 Welton Street.
November, 1926
Scripps Howard Company purchases the Rocky.
April 1942
The Rocky changes format from a broadsheet to a tabloid, under command of the new editor, Jack Foster. This helped revive the paper, which had been on life support in the early 1940s.
June 1952
The Rocky moves from Welton Street to 400 W. Colfax Avenue.
March 1993
The Rocky premieres a newly designed, full color newspaper.
April 2000
The paper wins its first PulitzerPrize, for photography for its coverage of the 1999 Columbine High School shootings.
May 2000
The Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post agree to a joint operating agreement that combined advertising, circulation and production departments while preserving two independent newsrooms.
April 1, 2001
The Rocky publishes its last Sunday edition. Under the agreement, the Rocky published a Saturday edition and the Denver Post published the Sunday edition.
April 2003
The Rocky wins a Pulitzerfor breaking-news photography for its pictures of Colorado's 2002 wildfire season.
March 2006
Daily circulation: 255,427.
April 2006
Rocky reporter Jim Sheeler and photographer Todd Heisler are awarded Pulitzers for "Final Salute," a report on a Marine major who notifies loved ones of military deaths in the line of duty.
January 23, 2007
The Rocky is redesigned to a smaller, magazine format, with a re-designed masthead and many more color photographs. The re-design was the result of new printing presses, which were able to operate about 25% faster.
December 4, 2008
Scripps announces plans to seek a buyer for the Rocky.
January 29, 2009
Rocky staff and community supporters hold a candlelight vigil to show their support for the newspaper.
February 27, 2009
Final edition of the Rocky Mountain News.
