May 9, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton A speaker summed it up perfectly when addressing the role Kittie Nash Groce played during her illustrious lifetime in the quaint community of West Columbia, Texas. On May 3, 1958, at a memorial appreciation dinner in Kittie’s honor, the speaker...
May 9, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History
Interpretive Center offers tours of 100-year-old, fully-restored building Cindi Ericson gave the child a small slate and a piece of chalk and asked her to write her name. Writing your name with chalk – such a small thing, but the child’s smile was big, and so...
May 4, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Greene County, Alabama, had been home for most of the Dance family members who would eventually make a name for themselves in Brazoria County history. First cousins James Henry Dance and James Watkins Dance came to Texas on horseback in 1848 from...
Apr 11, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Columbia Historical Museum Board Member “The Old 300” refers to settlers in Stephen F. Austin’s original colony in the Mexican province of Texas. Historic Columbia Cemetery in West Columbia is the final resting place of a handful of...
Apr 4, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Christina M. DeWitt Columbia Historical Museum Board Member Since I was a child, I’ve always been a darker shade from others. One of my first memories was visiting my great grandmother’s house in Oklahoma. She lived in a small town down the road from the Cherokee...
Mar 28, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Ben Tumlinson When I was a boy, I used to snicker when I heard her name. As an adult with four daughters of my own, I often pondered what possessed a father to name his daughter, “IMA HOGG”. Well, I am no longer in the dark. According to a collaborative article...
