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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...
Former Slave Represented Brazoria County in Austin
FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH By Tracy Gupton Nathan H. Haller died at the age of 76 in Houston 109 years ago this...
Black Cowboys Made Their Marks in History
Was originally posted Feb 17, 2023 | From The Vault of Texas History | 2 comments 601 Visitors have read this...
Rain Puts Damper on Meet Your Ancestors Event
Mother Nature took center stage at this year's Meet Your Ancestors program at Columbia Cemetery. The annual event, co-sponsored by the Columbia Historical Museum and Columbia Cemetery Association, was held November 1, 2025. Ominous dark clouds hovered off in the...
There’s a New Face Welcoming Visitors to the Museum
By Tracy Gupton For a couple months now, visitors to West Columbia's museum have been getting used to a new face working with the volunteers in the old First Capitol Bank building at 247 East Brazos Avenue. The Columbia Historical Museum Board of Directors hired Sally...
Sunday Open House at Museum Slated in WC
The Columbia Historical Museum and historic Rosenwald School will be open for visitors this Sunday afternoon. Those who will be shopping in the stores along East Brazos Avenue in West Columbia Sunday, November 23rd, during the city's annual Christmas Open House...
Veterans Day Salute to Texas Revolution Soldiers
By Tracy Gupton On Veterans Day, November 11, 2025, the Columbia Historical Museum and the Columbia Cemetery Association jointly recognize the bravery and sacrifice of the nine men buried at historic Columbia Cemetery who volunteered to join in the Texians pursuit of...
Donna Loggins Will Be Dearly Missed in West Columbia
Donna Ruth Chesney Loggins: November 25, 1934 - October 26, 2025 Donna Ruth Chesney Loggins packed a lot of living into the nearly 91 years she was allotted. The West Columbia icon who passed away on October 26, 2025, is a former valuable Columbia Historical Museum...
Roughnecks’ Sports Standout of 1930s to be Featured in Saturday ‘Meet Your Ancestors’ at Local Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton "On the field, I was a force -- fierce, focused and unshakably determined to reach my goal. But off the field, I was something entirely different, a true gentleman. Always willing to lend a hand, guide a teammate, or listen when someone needed to talk;...
All Around Cowboy Cole Among Five Featured in Saturday’s ‘Meet Your Ancestors’ Event at Historic Columbia Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton Affectionately called "Mr. Ed," Edward Cole was a Lone Star rodeo legend who embodied the cowboy spirit, reads a resolution penned by former state representative Dennis Bonnen. "Although he is deeply missed, he will long be remembered with admiration...
Indian Tribe Program Cancelled at WC Museum
Due to an unforeseen medical emergency involving a family member of the couple from Baytown who was scheduled to put on a program at the Columbia Historical Museum Saturday, October 25, 2025, that program has been cancelled. The free program that was going to focus on...
Coach Ringgold Among Five Outstanding Athletes Being Brought to Life at Meet Your Ancestors at WC Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton Plaudits like "Such an awesome teacher, coach, mentor and friend," were left by former students and associates of Mattie Sue Ringgold when the longtime Bay City High School girls basketball coach passed away in 2019. "Thank you Miss Ringgold for loving...
“Big Daddy” Tinsley Featured at Meet Your Ancestors
By Tracy Gupton A state champion in high school and a Hall of Famer in college and pro football, Damon native Robert Porter Tinsley Jr. made a name for himself playing the sport he loved north of the United States border. And it was there, in Winnipeg, Canada, that...
Former Roughnecks Coach Doug Balkum Among Quintet Being Brought to Life at 2025 Meet Your Ancestors
By Tracy Gupton A current local schoolteacher will be acting as former Columbia High School teacher-coach Doug Balkum when the Columbia Historical Museum and the Columbia Cemetery Association sponsor their annual Meet Your Ancestors event on Saturday, November 1,...
President Sam Houston’s 1836 Inaugural Address
Sam Houston’s Inaugural address as President of the new Republic of Texas was delivered on this day, October 22nd, in the year 1836. The speech was made in the small town of Columbia (present day West Columbia) near the site where a Walgreens drug store now sits....