It is the second oldest paper in Texas and the oldest west of the Colorado River, going back to 1846. The paper was established in 1846 by publishers John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne of Van Buren, Arkansas, as a weekly newspaper named the Texan Advocate. After the publication was renamed the Texian Advocate, ownership changed hands a number of times during the 1850s.

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