''La Gaceta Mexicana'' was a Spanish-language newspaper published in
Houston
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Texas
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. It was one of the earliest
Mexican-American newspapers in Houston.
[Esparza, p. 4 "La Gaceta Mexicana was one of the earliest Mexican American newspapers in the city"]
José Sarabia first published the newspaper in 1928.
[García, María-Cristina.]
La Gaceta Mexicana
" '' Handbook of Texas''. Retrieved on November 27, 2012. A member of the Sarabia family died during the
Mexican Revolution since a bandit had killed him. In order to make money in the man's absence, the family established a Mexican grocery store and established the newspaper.
[Steinberg, Kaitlin.]
Meet the First Families of Houston Food
" ''Houston Press
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The publication is supported entirely by advertising ...
''. Wednesday February 26, 2014. Retrieved on February 29, 2016. The newspaper closed during the first several years of the
Great Depression because advertisers canceled their advertisements.
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Mary Sarabia, a member of the same family, married Raul Molina, who headed the restaurant chain Molina's.][
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See also
* History of the Mexican-Americans in Houston
The city of Houston has significant populations of Mexican Americans, Mexican immigrants, and Mexican citizen expatriates. Houston residents of Mexican origin make up the oldest Hispanic ethnic group in Houston, and Jessi Elana Aaron and José E ...
References
*Esparza, Jesus Jesse.
La Colonia Mexicana: A History of Mexican Americans in Houston
"
Archive
'' Houston History'' Volume 9, Issue 1. p. 2-8. Center for Public History, University of Houston
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Notes
External links
* García, María-Cristina.
La Gaceta Mexicana
" '' Handbook of Texas''.
*
Sarabia, Alfredo
" Houston Area Digital Archives, Houston Public Library
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History Houston Lyceum and the Carnegie Library
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. February 16, 1979.
*
Mexican-American Collections
" Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Houston Public Library
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History Houston Lyceum and the Carnegie Library
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. 2000.
Mexican-American culture in Houston
Newspapers published in Houston
1928 establishments in Texas
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