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24-657: The first permanent settler of Dallas, John Neely Bryan , settled there in 1841. The first local newspaper appeared in 1849, when James Wellington Latimer (known as “Weck,” “Wake,” and “Mark”) established a weekly newspaper, the Dallas Herald . Latimer and William Wallace had purchased the Texas Times , published in Paris, Texas , and moved it to Dallas to become the Herald . The first few issues may have appeared under

48-534: A Dallas flood, he was very prominent in aiding those affected. He also chaired a citizens' meeting that pushed the Houston and Texas Central Railway to complete the railway through the city and presided at a rally that sought to get full political rights for all ex- Confederates . In 1871 and 1872, Bryan became one of the directors of the Dallas Bridge Company, which built the first iron bridge across

72-562: A brief military expedition against the Comanche Indians in 1860. Bryan joined Col. Nicholas H. Darnell 's Eighteenth Texas Cavalry regiment in the winter of 1861 and served with the unit until late 1862, when he was discharged due to his old age and poor health. He returned to Dallas in 1862 and became actively involved in community affairs. In 1863, Bryan was a trustee for the Dallas Male and Female Academy . In 1866, during

96-664: A more extreme Southern partisan because Douglas probably could be elected and would listen to the concerns of the southern states where a less moderate candidate would not likely be elected. When the Ku Klux Klan appeared in Dallas soon after the end of the Civil War , the Herald strongly condemned "the ignorant and superstitious members [of the Klan] threatening violence and revolution." The Herald papers had been missing from

120-468: A permanent settlement, which eventually became the burgeoning city of Dallas. Bryan was significant to early Dallas — he served as the postmaster, a store owner, a ferry operator (he operated a ferry where Commerce Street crosses the Trinity River today), and his home served as the courthouse. In 1844, he persuaded J. P. Dumas to survey and plot the site of Dallas and possibly help him with

144-798: Is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the southeast quadrant of the Austin State Hospital Cemetery. In 2006, Bryan's descendants placed a headstone in the cemetery that reads "PVT 18 Texas CAV CSA Dec 24 1810 Sep 8 1877 Founder of Dallas Texas." In 1954, the James Butler Bonham chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas erected a white granite marker honoring the Dallas founder in Pioneer Cemetery (Pioneer Plaza). A large marker bearing

168-629: Is buried in the Beeman family plot of his wife, Margaret, and other Beeman family members. This cemetery is somewhat hard to locate, but is located just behind a large Jewish Cemetery (Shearith Israel) on Dolphin Road just south of Military Parkway. The Bryan Pergola, standing on the Grassy Knoll in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, is named after John Neely Bryan (1810-1877), the recognized founder of

192-711: The Morning News purchased the papers and closed them, contemporary accounts published in the Morning News could be read to say that the Herald owners decided to invest in the Morning News and to close their papers rather than selling them to new owners. The announcement in the Morning News said in part: “For personal and business reasons of their own, the proprietors and editors of the Dallas Herald, Col. P. S. Pfouts, Col. J. F. Elliott and Col. W. L. Hall have identified themselves with The News by becoming purchasers of its capital stock, and with sincere pleasure

216-435: The Morning News ), dated November 30, 1885, to the effect that the Herald had turned over its subscription list to the Morning News and that the Morning News would fulfill those subscriptions with its own editions and solicited former Herald subscribers to become Morning News subscribers. These notices did not cease until early April. H. H. Clayton operated this Herald for a few months. Clayton had been manager of

240-415: The Morning News , by sometimes publishing one or more extra editions to report important news and in its appearance: while the Morning News was producing pages of solid gray type broken only by advertising, the Herald used wider columns and broke up its columns with small illustrations. Gilbert also was a prohibitionist and would not accept advertising for beer or other alcohol. The paper lasted through

264-825: The San Antonio Evening Times and in his Herald editorials often advocated for prohibition . On June 7, 1886, it was acquired by Lafayette L. Foster , a journalist and the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Foster was joined that fall by Charles Edwin Gilbert, secretary of the Texas Press Association and editor of the Abilene Reporter in Abilene, Texas . Gilbert's Herald differed from its major competitor,

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288-695: The City of Dallas. Dallas Independent School District named John Neely Bryan Elementary after him. The concrete pergola upon which Abraham Zapruder was standing during the John F. Kennedy assassination as he made the Zapruder film was initially placed in Dealey Plaza in honor of Bryan, and is named for him. Abilene Reporter Abilene Reporter-News is a daily newspaper based in Abilene, Texas , United States. The newspaper started publishing as

312-491: The Dallas scene for barely more than a month when an item appeared in the Morning News on January 14, 1886, noting that “the first number of the Dallas Daily Herald made its appearance last evening. It is a crisp, bright paper of twenty-eight columns, in a nice new dress . . . .” Meanwhile, the Morning News continued running daily notices from Herald Publishing Company and A. H. Belo & Co. (publishers of

336-741: The Trinity River. He also stood on the platform at the welcoming ceremonies for the Houston and Texas Central Railway when the first train pulled into town in mid-July 1872. By 1874, Bryan's mind was impaired, though it is not known precisely how. "I am the son of John Neely Bryan, now before the court," Edward T. Bryan testified on February 1, 1877. "My father is insane." He was admitted to the Texas State Lunatic Asylum in February 1877 and died there on September 8, 1877. He

360-476: The announcement is made that they will hereafter contribute their individual efforts to promote the interests and secure the success of The News. This involved, of course, the discontinuance of the Dallas Herald, but no consolidation nor absorption, nor does it involve any changes in the business status, the business principles or the general policy of the News.” In any event, demise of the Herald newspapers removed

384-670: The first corn . In 1849, Bryan went to California during the gold rush but returned within a year. In January 1853, he was a delegate to the Texas State Democratic convention. In 1855, Bryan shot a man who had insulted his wife and fled to the Creek Nation . The man he shot made a full recovery, and Bryan certainly would've been informed, but still, Bryan did not return to Dallas for about six years. During that time, Bryan traveled to Colorado and California, probably looking for gold. He returned to Dallas in time for

408-542: The most serious competition of the Morning News and allowed it to acquire the Western Associated Press franchise held by the Herald . The Herald under Latimer supported the Democratic Party , slavery , transportation improvements, and education and opposed Sam Houston . It urged Democrats to select the moderate Stephen A. Douglas as the party's 1860 presidential nominee, rather than

432-520: The name "Bryan" and displaying two "Citizen of the Republic of Texas" medallions honoring John Neely Bryan and his wife stands in Riverside Cemetery at Wichita Falls, Texas . It overlooks the graves of Margaret Beeman Bryan (1825-1919), her son John Neely Bryan, Jr. (1846-1926), and other family members. A Texas Historical Marker, "Beeman Memorial Cemetery," located east of downtown Dallas just off of Dolphin Road, states that John Neely Bryan

456-515: The name the Cedar Snag , but the nameplate read Dallas Herald by December 1849. Latimer became sole owner and editor when Wallace retired in 1850. John W. Swindells became part owner in 1854 and sole owner when Latimer died in 1859. It appears that J. L. Bartow acquired the publishing company in March 1877. In 1879 P. S. Pfouts, J. E. Elliott, and W. L. Hall acquired the company. The paper

480-684: The next year but merged with the Dallas Times to form the Daily Times-Herald , which began publication on January 2, 1888, and which eventually was renamed the Dallas Times Herald and dropped the hyphen. John Neely Bryan John Neely Bryan (December 24, 1810 – September 8, 1877) was a Presbyterian farmer, lawyer, and tradesman in the United States and founder of the city of Dallas , Texas. Bryan

504-499: The weekly Abilene Reporter , helmed by Charles Edwin Gilbert on June 17, 1881, just three months after Abilene was founded. It is hence the oldest continuous business in the city. It became a daily newspaper in 1885. The newspaper, owned in the early 1920s by Bernard Hanks, became one of the two original flagships of the Harte-Hanks newspaper chain in 1924. In 1937, the company merged its morning paper, The Morning News, with

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528-597: The work. Bryan was instrumental in the organizing of Dallas County in 1846 and the election by voters of Dallas as its county seat in August 1850 (over the towns of Cedar Springs and Oak Cliff). When Dallas became the county seat, Bryan donated the land for the courthouse . In 1843, he married Margaret Beeman , a daughter of the Beeman family who settled in Dallas from Bird's Fort . The couple had five children. Another Beeman, John , arrived in Dallas in April 1842 and planted

552-638: Was born to James and Elizabeth (Neely) Bryan in Fayetteville, Tennessee . There, he attended the Fayetteville Military Academy and, after studying law, was admitted to the Tennessee Bar. Around 1833, he left Tennessee and moved to Arkansas , where he was an Indian trader. According to some sources, he and a business partner laid out Van Buren, Arkansas . Bryan visited the Dallas area in 1839, and in 1841, he established

576-697: Was renamed the Dallas Weekly Herald in 1873. In 1874 the owners began a second publication, the Dallas Daily Herald , which appeared daily except Monday. The Dallas Morning News began publication on October 1, 1885, and later that year acquired the Weekly Herald and the Daily Herald , both of which ceased publication on December 8, 1885. Although most accounts of the demise of the Herald papers state or imply that

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