Underwood’s Portrayal Included in Meet Your Ancestors November 4th at Columbia Cemetery

Oct 25, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton Rachel Jane Carson Underwood, one of the youngest members of Stephen F. Austin’s “Old 300” Anglo settlers in Texas, is one of five prominent women in local history who will be portrayed at the November 4th Meet Your Ancestors program at historic...

Former Roughnecks’ All Around Athlete Jared Flannel to Join CHS Hall of Honor Friday Night at Griggs Field

Oct 5, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton Jared Flannel was the workhorse of the Columbia Roughnecks’ back-to-back district championship football teams in 2004 and 2005.  Those teams finished 9-2 in consecutive years under Head Coach Brian Lane but made their deepest venture into...

Former Houston Cougars Pitcher Matt Varner Looking Forward to Columbia Roughnecks Hall of Honor Induction Friday

Oct 2, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton It has been 23 years since Matthew Roy Varner was last in attendance at Griggs Field.  He received his high school diploma at the West Columbia football stadium at the end of Columbia High School’s 1999-2000 school year. Matt Varner excelled...

Hall of Honor Welcomes Kathryn Carr in Her 30th Year of Coaching and Teaching at Columbia High

Sep 29, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton The Roughnecks Athletics Booster Club will be inducting four new members to the local high school’s Hall of Honor during halftime ceremonies at the October 6th football game at Griggs Field in West Columbia. This year’s inductees will be...

John Adriance guarded Santa Anna near Columbia, was legislator and prominent merchant, plantation owner

Sep 27, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton When John Adriance was laid to rest at Old Columbia Cemetery in December of 1903 he had left his mark on the East and West Columbia communities. He had been a soldier in Texas’s fight for independence from Mexico, a local merchant and legislator...

Columbia Tap Railroad Provided Important Source of Travel During Early Days of Brazoria County

Sep 18, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History

By Tracy Gupton West Columbia Rotary Club members were treated to an interesting history lesson surrounding the pre-automobile days of popular rail travel in southeast Texas this past Wednesday. Edward D. Pettitt II, president of the Rotary Club of Houston Skyline,...