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NACOGDOCHES TEXIAN AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. The Nacogdoches Texian and Emigrant's Guide was founded in November 1835 by Mississippi merchant William G. Logan,qv who purchased Milton Slocum'sqv press and persuaded printer David E. Lawhonqv to operate it. The paper continued until at least January 2, 1836, and it is believed Lawhon published some issues as late as March 24, 1836.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Eugene C. Barker, "Notes on Early Texas Newspapers," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 21 (October 1917). Mary Glasscock Frazier, Texas Newspapers during the Republic (March 2, 1836-February 19, 1846) (M. Journ. thesis, University of Texas, 1931). Marilyn M. Sibley, Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers before the Civil War (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983).

 

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