The Tyler Telegraph, the county’s first newspaper
David Clopton began publishing the Tyler Telegraph, a weekly and the first newspaper in Smith County, in 1851.
Sources
- Handbook of Texas: Smith Countytshaonline.org
David Clopton began publishing the first Smith County newspaper, the Tyler Telegraph, on a weekly basis in 1851.
- Handbook of Texas: Tyler, TXtshaonline.org
an Odd Fellows lodge was founded in 1851, and the first newspaper was published the same year.
Checked October 15, 2026. How the cards are filed