Sep 22, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton When Columbia High School Athletics Director and Head Football Coach Earnest Pena informed a gathering of West Columbia Rotarians recently that Jonathan Champagne would be among a quartet of new additions to the Roughnecks Athletics Hall of Honor in...
Jun 6, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
This story was originally posted June 6, 2022, in the West Columbia Museum’s “Vault of Texas History” Jun 6, 2022 | From The Vault of Texas History By Benjamin Tumlinson Being removed from Memorial Day by less than a week, the...
May 26, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is a prominent national memorial dedicated to the men and women who served in the Vietnam War. The memorial’s most striking feature is the wall itself, inscribed with the names of the more than...
May 24, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
Another member of the Roughnecks state semifinals football team of 1957 has passed away. James Bramlitt Caldwell Jr. died May 17, 2025, in San Angelo at the age of 85. A graveside funeral service at the Santa Anna Cemetery was held earlier today, Saturday, May 24,...
Apr 24, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Fourteen years had passed since a Brazoria County lawman had been killed in the line of duty. It was January 15, 2025, when Brazoria County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesus “Jesse” Vargas was fatally shot in the head in the parking lot of a...
Apr 7, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Babe Ruth set a new Major League Baseball record by mashing 60 home runs. Gutzon Borglum began work on sculpting Mount Rushmore. The first TV picture was successfully sent from Washington, D.C., to New York City. And many West Columbians gathered...
