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...
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...
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...
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,...
Sep 15, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton It was on this day 64 years ago that the final chapter in the book of life for retired school teacher Minnie Pearl Wright Black was closed. The Arkansas native died on September 15, 1959, at the age of 85. Minnie Black had taught primarily fourth and...
Sep 8, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton January 2, 2024, has been set as the target date for the reopening of the Kittie Nash Groce Memorial Rehabilitation Center in West Columbia. But much work must be done in a relatively short period of time if that goal is to be achieved. Trustees of the...
