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The ''Brazosport Facts'' is the largest daily newspaper for Brazoria County, Texas, a part of the Greater Houston area. The newspaper is owned by Southern Newspapers Inc., and began in 1913.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The History of The Facts )〕 ==History== The paper was started by printer Roy Ruffin as the ''Freeport Facts'' months after the 1912 founding of Freeport, Texas by the Freeport Sulphur Company. One year later, the paper was acquired by C.P. Kendall, Sr. who also owned newspapers in Port Aransas, and the ''Angleton Times'' in Angleton.〔 A 1932 Freeport hurricane destroyed the ''Facts'' building and killed 40 people.〔(The Facts )〕 Separate area newspapers, the ''Brazoria County Review'', ''Velasco World'', and ''West Columbia Light'' were acquired by businessman W.D. Johnston. In 1949, He then merged the papers into ''The Daily Review''.〔 In 1951, Southern Newspapers Inc. bought an interest in ''The Daily Review''. The next year, it purchased the ''Freeport Facts''. Merging the acquisitions into ''The Daily Facts-Review'', Southern Newspapers later changed the name to ''Brazosport Facts''.〔 It eventually became the largest daily newspaper for the entire area. In 1976, the ''Facts'' moved its headquarters from Freeport to neighboring Clute, Texas where it remains today. It absorbed the competitor ''Angleton Times'' in 2004〔(Presses stop rolling for Angleton Times )〕 and opened a second office in its building.〔 The newspaper led the move to consolidate the town of Velasco into Freeport in 1957. The newspaper has also supported Brazosport College and its Brazosport Center for the Arts and Sciences.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brazosport Facts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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