The newspaper, initially based in Velasco, Texas, was established in 1892.
[1] The Houston Chronicle stated that the publication was established in Angleton in 1893,[2] and the Handbook of Texas stated that the publication moved to that city circa 1894.
[1] At the end of its life, Southern Newspapers Inc. owned the publication.
[2] Circa 1999 the newspaper reduced its publishing schedule to two days per week, Wednesday and Saturday.
At the time it had 14 employees, with six being part-time and the rest being full-time.