Victoriabr/Victoria County, Texasbr/28 47.897' N 97 00.180' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of Constitution Street and De Leon Street. The building is on the southwest corner of the intersection.br/ br/Text: The second oldest newspaper in continuous operation in Texas, the quot;Victoria Advocatequot; began as the weekly quot;Texan Advocatequot; in 1846. The first issue was published on May 8, 1846, the same day as the Battle of Palo Alto, first battle in the Mexican War. An extra edition was printed to inform local citizens of the event. The newspaper's first publishers were Thomas Sterne (1818-1906) and John Davis Logan (1818-1878), both experienced newspapermen. They changed the name of the paper in its first year to the quot;Texian Advocatequot; in response to requests from early Texas pioneers. Sterne and Logan sold the newspaper in 1853. Both became ranchers, and Logan later operated the quot;Daily Heraldquot; newspaper in San Antonio. Later editors and publishers included Sam Addison White, Victor Marion Rose, Frank R. Pridham, Edward Daniel Linn, John L. Bartow, Louis Nicholas Hofer, and James McDonald. It was during White's ownership that the newspaper was renamed the quot;Victoria Advocatequot; between 1859 and 1861. McDonald introduced the quot;Daily Advocatequot; in 1897. Both daily and weekly editions were published until 1943. Growing with the city, the quot;Advocatequot; has served the citizens of Victoria for well over a century.