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Museum Honors Runaway Scrape with Ball Saturday
The Second Annual Runaway Scrape Ball hosted by the Columbia Historical Museum will be held at West Columbia's...
Texas Independence Day is Celebrated March 2nd
Texas Independence Day is always on March 2nd, which falls on a Monday this year. On this day 190 years ago, 59...
WC Mayor to Speak at First Saturday Event March 7th
The month of March is International Women's Month in America, and the Columbia Historical Museum will be observing it...
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...