Feb 16, 2024 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Robert Dixon would have celebrated his 77th birthday last month. The former longtime West Columbia city councilman passed away at the age of 62 September 29, 2009, at Cornerstone Hospital in Houston surrounded by his loving family. But what a unique...
Feb 12, 2024 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Donna Dues We are pleased to spotlight a prominent figure in our lives who has played a central role in us knowing, understanding and celebrating Black history in this community. Dorothy Pearl Lewis-Fisher is a lifelong resident of West Columbia, a graduate of...
Feb 6, 2024 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Open for tours since 2009, the Columbia Historical Museum’s prized Rosenwald School is now in its 15th year of being available to visitors of the museum as part of their immersion into a world long since gone. The museum at 247 East Brazos Avenue...
Feb 2, 2024 | From The Vault of Texas History
The 1960 Roughnecks varsity football team won a district championship under Head Coach E.S. Golson, boasting a pair of honorable mention All State selections 64 years ago. Both of those All State picks were linemen, seniors Robert Eugene “Bobby” Liles and Kenneth...
Jan 30, 2024 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Long range missiles, drones and devastating bombs are the norm in modern warfare across the globe in the present day. But when the great state of Texas was in its infancy 200 years ago more rudimentary weapons were commonly utilized. Columbia...
Dec 27, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History
By Tracy Gupton Death claimed the life of Stephen Fuller Austin, the man known as “The Father of Texas,” on this date 187 years ago. Pneumonia was the villain. The same malady that took his father from him before Moses Austin could see his dream of colonizing the...
