A. H. Belo Corporation

The corporation's oldest product outlived its first publishers. The Texas Almanac first appeared from the Galveston News in January 1857, the idea of David Richardson, who wanted to draw immigrants and inform residents. It ran sixteen annual editions to 1873, with smaller wartime issues printed in Houston and Austin. After a long gap, the Dallas Morning News revived it in 1904, and the present series began in 1925. In 2008 the newspaper company donated the Almanac, its archives and its trademark to the Texas State Historical Association.

What the plaque says

A. H. Belo Corporation A.H. Belo Corporation traces its roots to a small company that founded the Galveston "Daily News" on April 11, 1842. The company began publishing the "Texas Almanac" in 1857. Alfred Horatio Belo (1839-1901) bought the company in 1876 and founded the "Dallas Morning News" in 1885, entrusting it to G.B. Dealey (1859-1946). In 1923, the company sold the Galveston paper and moved its headquarters to Dallas. The company later diversified into radio and television, including WFAA-TV. Since its founding, the A.H. Belo Corporation has played a major role in Texas communications. (1992)

Where it stands

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