BBQ Sandwiches Offered as Scholarship Fundraiser Before Roughnecks ‘Friday Night Lights’ at Rosenwald School

Oct 24, 2026 | Events

Varner-Hogg Site Will Host Ghost Stories Saturday Evening

Oct 23, 2026 | Events, From The Vault of Texas History

Bailey’s Light Has Shown Through the Generations Jan 19, 2026 | From The Vault of Texas History | 0 comments 147 Visitors have read this post. By Tracy Gupton Watching an old rerun of the 1960s Andy Griffith Show recently brought back memories from my youth. Sheriff...

Museum Slates Fundraiser Before Final Home Football Game

Oct 12, 2026 | Events

Help out your local museum while gratifying your palate October 30th when the Columbia Historical Museum will be selling delicious pulled pork sandwiches with a bag of chips. Museum directors are planning BBQ sandwich sales in a drive-through station at the historic...

Fall Has Arrived Theme of Museum’s First Saturday Program

Sep 27, 2026 | Events

Cam Ward Way Christened as New West Columbia Road Name

Jul 22, 2026 | Events, From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton I have lived on a road in West Columbia that bears my name practically my entire life. And I didn’t have to be a Heisman Trophy finalist to earn it. Gupton Lane used to be a dead end street where the most prominent residents on that road were the...

Haller Historical Marker Dedication Saturday in Angleton

Jul 16, 2026 | Events, From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton Nathan H. Haller died at the age of 76 in Houston 109 years ago. He was living in Brazoria not too far from West Columbia when he won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives to represent Brazoria and Matagorda counties, thus becoming one of the...