Houston Harte

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Houston Harte (born January 12, 1893 in Missouri; died March 1972 in San Angelo, Texas)^[1]founded, with Bernard Hanks, a regional chain of newspapers which eventually became the media company Harte-Hanks.

He also created the book, "In Our Image" along with TIME 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 [historic [Fort Concho]] in San Angelo, the seat of Tom Green County. He also donated substantially to Angelo State University.

Harte was also a confidant of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. His association with LBJ led him to end his longstanding friendship with a leading Johnson critic, the historian J. Evetts Haley.