Times Publishing Company

Ed Howard, a pioneer area publisher, acquired a local newspaper in 1898. His "Weekly Times" became a daily afternoon paper in 1907, soon after several leading Wichita Falls businessmen established the Times Publishing Company to provide financial support for the operation. That same year Howard was joined in the business by Ben D. Donnell, a newspaperman from Indiana, who served first as city editor. Under their direction the paper became a leader in the promotion of Wichita Falls civic activities and commerce. News stories recorded the development of the city and the railroad, local oil discoveries, and the growth of the area cattle industry. Howard also served as city postmaster, 1916-1924, and as a University of Texas regent. Following his death in 1948, his son Rhea became the publisher. A leader in the state Democratic party, Rhea Howard served as an informal advisor to three presidents. The Times Publishing of the Wichita Falls "Record News", a morning paper. Throughout the years of operation, members of the Howard and Donnell families have provided leadership for the firm. (1980)

Times Publishing Company is a historical marker in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, dedicated in 1980. It is one of 75 historical markers documented in Wichita County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.9079, -98.4886 near Wichita Falls. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kemp Public Library (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hodges-Hardy-Chambers House, Hodges-Hardy House, and Antlers Hotel Fire of 1929, Site of:.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5485005493. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.