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Varner-Hogg Site Will Host Ghost Stories Saturday Evening
Bailey’s Light Has Shown Through the Generations Jan 19, 2026 | From The Vault of Texas History | 0 comments 147...
Texas Republic Became Official This Day 190 Years Ago
Texas Army General Sam Houston was sworn in at Columbia as the president of the new Republic of Texas on this day 190...
BBQ Sandwiches Offered as Scholarship Fundraiser Before Roughnecks ‘Friday Night Lights’ at Rosenwald School
Varner-Hogg Site Will Host Ghost Stories Saturday Evening
Bailey’s Light Has Shown Through the Generations Jan 19, 2026 | From The Vault of Texas History | 0 comments 147 Visitors have read this post. By Tracy Gupton Watching an old rerun of the 1960s Andy Griffith Show recently brought back memories from my youth. Sheriff...
Texas Republic Became Official This Day 190 Years Ago
Texas Army General Sam Houston was sworn in at Columbia as the president of the new Republic of Texas on this day 190 years ago By Tracy Gupton "On July 23, 1836, David Burnet called for an election to be held in September, at which time officials for the first...
Founding Family’s Descendants Visit West Columbia for Tour
By Tracy Gupton Columbia Historical Museum Secretaries Pat Weeks and Tracy Gupton were honored to give a group of descendants of the founding family of East and West Columbia a tour of the museum at 247 East Brazos Avenue Saturday afternoon. Josiah Hughes Bell and his...
Museum Slates Fundraiser Before Final Home Football Game
Help out your local museum while gratifying your palate October 30th when the Columbia Historical Museum will be selling delicious pulled pork sandwiches with a bag of chips. Museum directors are planning BBQ sandwich sales in a drive-through station at the historic...
Roughnecks Legend Left Amazing Legacy, Passes Away at 94
Former Columbia Historical Museum President Naomi Smith informed me Saturday that her brother-in-law, former NFL great Jim Ray Smith, had passed away the day before in a Dallas-area hospital. He was 94. Known in West Columbia as "James Ray" when he was growing up and...
Fall Has Arrived Theme of Museum’s First Saturday Program
Soldiers From West Brazos Area Were Among More Than Million Casualties During the Korean Conflict of the Early 1950s
By Tracy Gupton Today is the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice agreement. The United Nations Command reached an armistice with China and North Korea on July 27, 1953, at Panmunjom, ending active hostilities between North and South Korea and...
Cam Ward Way Christened as New West Columbia Road Name
By Tracy Gupton I have lived on a road in West Columbia that bears my name practically my entire life. And I didn't have to be a Heisman Trophy finalist to earn it. Gupton Lane used to be a dead end street where the most prominent residents on that road were the...
Haller Historical Marker Dedication Saturday in Angleton
By Tracy Gupton Nathan H. Haller died at the age of 76 in Houston 109 years ago. He was living in Brazoria not too far from West Columbia when he won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives to represent Brazoria and Matagorda counties, thus becoming one of the...
Jenns’ Mural Shines Spotlight on Former WC Postmasters
By Tracy Gupton Today, July 1, 2026, is National Postal Worker Day across America. The dedicated workers who deliver our mail on a daily basis don't get the credit they should. Plenty of criticism is thrown at them when our letters and bills are delayed or lost in...
Columbia’s 200th Anniversary Celebration on Tap in October
Plans are being made for the City of West Columbia to host its 200th anniversary celebration in October. City officials will join with the Texas Historical Commission and the First Capitol of Texas-Columbia 1836, Incorporated, board of directors to put on an event at...