In a message dated 8/2/03 7:48:09 PM Central Daylight Time, aeberlin@texhoma.net writes: > Earliest available newspaper for Cooke Co. that was preserved is the 1888 > Gainesville Hesperian. If you find a newspaper for the 1870's in north > Texas, please post on the Cooke Co. listserv. Thanks, Will do. Jim S