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Fallen County Deputy’s Killer Dealt with Immediate Justice as in Old Brazoria County Frontier Days
By Tracy Gupton Fourteen years had passed since a Brazoria County lawman had been killed in the line of duty. It was...
Brewer’s 1927 Senior Year Scrapbook Sparks Memories of West Columbia High School’s Forgotten ‘Magic Years’
By Tracy Gupton Babe Ruth set a new Major League Baseball record by mashing 60 home runs. Gutzon Borglum began work on...
Learn About Texas Flags Saturday at the Museum
The Columbia Historical Museum's "First Saturday of the Month" programs at the Rosenwald School are primarily directed...
Fallen County Deputy’s Killer Dealt with Immediate Justice as in Old Brazoria County Frontier Days
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 strip center in...
Brewer’s 1927 Senior Year Scrapbook Sparks Memories of West Columbia High School’s Forgotten ‘Magic Years’
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...
Learn About Texas Flags Saturday at the Museum
The Columbia Historical Museum's "First Saturday of the Month" programs at the Rosenwald School are primarily directed at entertaining and enlightening the youth of the West Columbia area. But this Saturday's program is for all ages. "Flags and Maps of Texas" is the...
WC Vietnam Vet Remembered Decade After His Death
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...
Scrapbook Keeps WCHS Class of 1925’s Memories Alive
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...
Museum’s Runaway Scrape Ball Planned April 5th
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 with hopes...
Longtime Roughnecks Coach Derrich Passes Away at 82
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...
Public Invited to Curator’s Sunday Program at WC Museum About East Columbia’s Role in Texas Independence
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 this...
“Bluebonnet” Program for Children Planned Saturday
"The Bluebonnet Trail" will be the focus of this Saturday's children's program at the historic Rosenwald School in West Columbia. The Columbia Historical Museum continues its free "First Saturday of the Month" events for children on March 1, 2025, with another...
March 2nd Event at Museum Focuses on East Columbia
Rogers Was Treasure Trove of Historical Knowledge
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...
Viola Funeral Home in Business for Nearly 90 Years
By Tracy Gupton Columbia Historical Museum Snow’s Cleaners opened for business in West Columbia in 1920, a few years before Chesney’s began selling jewelry on main street in 1924 in the Brazoria County town that was once the first capitol of the Republic of Texas in...