Mar 29, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton He was born in the middle of World War II in a small home in the old oil fields near West Columbia. He was a proud 1961 graduate of West Columbia High School. And he always took great pride in being one of the 2.7 million American service members who...
Mar 25, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton I have really enjoyed thumbing through the yellowed pages of the scrapbook put together by Mogene Clayton 100 years ago. My fellow Columbia Heritage Foundation board member Karen Rowold Mostyn was kind enough to loan me her grandmother’s book of...
Mar 17, 2025 | Events, From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Our neighboring town of Brazoria’s museum has its popular annual Santa Anna Ball. In 2025, some 189 years removed from the historic event, the Columbia Historical Museum’s Board of Directors is making plans to initiate a similar celebration...
Mar 6, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Funeral services for former Columbia Roughnecks Athletics Director and Head Football Coach Ed Derrich will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2025, at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church, 807 Loggins Drive, in West Columbia. Ed, who is a former...
Feb 27, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
Columbia Historical Museum Curator Michael Bailey will be examining the role of East Columbia in early Texas history in general and more specifically the local community’s role in the Texas War for Independence when he speaks on the subject at a special program...
Feb 20, 2025 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Board members of the Columbia Historical Museum are struggling to come to terms with the sudden loss of our friend and fellow board member Flem Rogers. His absence from our lives, his presence at our monthly meetings, and his guidance in all matters...
