Houston Harte

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Houston Harte, born in Missouri, was a prominent Texas newspaperman who founded a regional chain of newspapers which eventually became the media company Harte-Hanks. He also created the book, "In Our Image" along with Time Magazine illustrator, Guy Rowe, a collection of Bible stories published in 1949 by Oxford University Press. Together they won a Christopher Award. Harte was instrumental in preserving Fort Concho located in his home town of San Angelo, Texas and also donated substantially to Angelo State University. Harte was also a confidant of President Lyndon B. Johnson.