Killeen Herald
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N 31° 06.083 W 097° 44.373
14R E 620206 N 3441521
Metal marker on a metal pole to the left of the business entrance.
Waymark Code: WMW8H5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
Views: 4
Marker gives the history of the paper's founding.
Marker Number: 2939
Marker Text:
W.E. Bennett began publishing the Killeen Herald in June 1890, eight years after the town of Killeen was founded. Later owners of the newspaper included W.T. Carter, an active civic leader who served as publisher and editor from 1907 to 1950. Begun as a weekly publication, the Herald has been a daily paper since 1953. From the earliest days of Killeen, the Herald has grown with the town and has chronicled the area's dynamic progress. It is now the oldest privately owned and continuously operated business enterprise in the city of Killeen. (1990)
Addendum plate:
Frank W. Mayborn, 1908 - 1987, a Central Texas communications pioneer, converted the Herald from a weekly to a successful daily in 1953.
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