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Robert Bruce Blake
1877–1955
A meticulous Texas historian, newspaper man, and county clerk, he spent decades preserving the records of Spanish and Mexican Texas. His work helped keep early Nacogdoches and East Texas history within reach for later readers and researchers.
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Nacogdoches
by Robert Bruce Blake
About the author
Born in Moscow, Texas, on September 21, 1877, he grew up in Jasper after his father bought the News Boy newspaper there. He later worked as a court reporter and newspaper publisher, and in 1925 moved with his family to Nacogdoches, where he became county clerk.
Alongside his public work, he devoted himself to Texas history, especially the Spanish and Mexican periods. He is remembered as a historian and compiler who spent many years translating, transcribing, and organizing government and local records, helping preserve materials that might otherwise have been much harder to use.
His name is closely tied to Nacogdoches and East Texas history, and his research collections remain valuable to archives and historians. He died on November 30, 1955, in Austin, Texas.