Unfortunately, the Catholic Diocese decided to close the Catholic school, although it was one of only a few K-12 parochial schools in the state. Outraged Trinidad Catholic parents and alumnae promptly formed the Holy Trinity Academy, which successfully runs an “independent” Catholic school in what was for decades, The Chronicle News building. Constructed in 1900 with the second story added in 1912, the newspaper first utilized hot lead type in 1887. The Chronicle-News has been a part of the community for 125 years -when Trinidad was nothing but a mining camp, when Bat Masterson was the town Marshall, through floods and fire, feast and famine, the newspaper was a part of the life of generations of people! During national elections in the pre-radio days of 1908, election returns were scribbled on the glass slide of a stereopticon and projected onto the school’s wall across the street. For those who didn’t want to stand out in the November night, the newspaper sent up skyrockets at pre-arranged intervals, one if the Republicans were ahead, two if the Democrats led. Although no longer located in this historic building, The Chronicle News is still one of the oldest continuously published newspapers in Colorado! Notice the curved glass sash window on the corner, one of only two left in town, which was once a popular architectural feature in many buildings throughout the city.