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

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Transcript: 
The Galveston Daily News. The oldest continuously published newspaper in Texas. The Galveston daily news is not the first newspaper to be published in Texas. Between 1813 and 1846 at least eighty different newspapers made their appearance in Texas. The first copy of The Daily News was published on April 11, 1842 While Texas was an independent republic. Sam Houston was finishing his last term as president. Galveston was little more than a  village of around 4,000 and any type of cargo that came into Texas from the Gulf of Mexico came through Galveston.As Galveston’s population grew and the city became a prosperous boom town, the Daily News evolved from a weekly paper, to bi-weekly, tri-weekly and finally a daily publication as Galveston became the most populous and economically prominent city in Texas by the 1860s.Throughout the Civil War, Galveston was a heavily used port city for both Confederate and Union forces, in order to escape the madness, the newspaper temporarily moved to a smaller railroad town about 50 miles north, called Houston.After the Civil War, general Granger’s general order number 3 was announced at the steps of the Union headquarters, officially setting all slaves in Texas free. 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 3 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. Be sure to check out the stained glass windows above the 2nd floor, and the unbelievable ornate brick detailing.  This building was the first in the United States designed solely for a newspaper plant and was the Galveston daily new’s home for over 80 years. first business in Texas to install a telephone to embracing the Internet in early 1990s.The