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Saturday’s Museum Program Features Guest Speaker Larry Pearl Addressing “Cherokee Heritage” in Lone Star State
Larry Pearl will be the guest speaker Saturday at the Columbia Historical Museum in West Columbia Cherokee Heritage...
Aviation Pioneer Had Ties to West Columbia
By Tracy Gupton Historic Columbia Cemetery is the final resting place of 1930s aerial speed record holder Jimmie...
Annual Museum Fish Fry Scheduled August 31st
Everyone mark your calendars for the Columbia Historical Museum's third annual fundraising fish fry which will be held...
Ima Hogg: A Classy Lady, Texas Style
By Ben Tumlinson When I was a boy, I used to snicker when I heard her name. As an adult with four daughters of my own, I often pondered what possessed a father to name his daughter, “IMA HOGG”. Well, I am no longer in the dark. According to a collaborative article...
Texans Remember the 186th Anniversary of Goliad Massacre
Goliad re-enactment: 36th Annual Goliad Massacre and Living History Program -Reenactors and Living Historians from across Texas gather at Presidio La Bahia to recreate the final days of Col. Fannin’s command. The event will be March 26 and 27th. For more information,...
Women, children ran for their lives ahead of Mexican Army
By Susan Avera Holt Columbia Historical Museum Board Member Illiterate, alone in the world, and a mother and widow at 22-years old, Susanna Dickinson survived the horrors of the Alamo only to be interrogated by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and sent on an errand...