The Galveston Daily News - Texas’ Oldest Newspaper - Galveston, Texas

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Transcript: 
The oldest continuously published newspaper in Texas, the Galveston Daily News, is not the first to be published in Texas. Between 1813 and 1846, at least 80 different newspapers appeared in Texas. The first copy of The Daily News was published on April 11th, 1842, while Texas was still an independent republic. Sam Houston was finishing his last term as president, and Galveston was a little more than a village of around 4,000.

Any cargo coming into Texas came through the Gulf of Mexico and Galveston. As Galveston's population grew and the city became a prosperous BoomTown, the daily news evolved from a weekly paper to a biweekly tri-weekly and finally a daily publication as Galveston became the most economically prominent city in Texas by the 1860s. 

Galveston was a heavily used port for Confederate and Union forces throughout the Civil War. To escape the madness, the newspaper temporarily moved to Houston, a smaller railroad town about 50 miles north. Shortly after the Civil War, General order number three was announced at the steps of the Union headquarters on Strand, officially freeing all the enslaved people in Texas. The Daily News published the orders on the front page of the paper and dispersed the orders around Texas.

In 1884, the Daily News moved into a three-story building in the downtown district. The building was designed by prominent architect Nicholas Clayton. The building is on 21st and Mechanic Street and is now a private residence. Check out the stained glass windows above the second floor and the unbelievable ornate brick detail. This building was the first in the U.S., designed solely for a newspaper plant, and was the Galveston Daily News home for over 80 years.

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