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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...
Dixon Was Brazoria County’s First Black Mayor
By Tracy Gupton Robert Dixon would have celebrated his 78th birthday last month. The former longtime West Columbia...
Tuskegee Pilot’s Career Highlighted at Museum
By Tracy Gupton When author Ben Vinson III was making routine visits to Brooks Manor Apartments in 1999, it is a good...
Veterinarian Loggins Featured in 2024 Museum MYA Event
By Tracy Gupton Longtime West Columbia veterinarian Burch Loggins served as president of the Columbia-Brazoria school board during my senior year at Columbia High School. It was 49 years ago so my memory is a bit cloudy as to who handed me my diploma when I walked...
Bells’ Son-In-Law Among Doctors Brought to Life at November 2nd Meet Your Ancestors Event at Old Columbia Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton Just a few years after Texas won its independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto in April of 1836, a young doctor from Delaware took the daughter of the founder of both East Columbia and West Columbia for his bride. James Wilson Copes will be...
Genealogy Focus of First Saturday Kids Event
Kids of all ages are invited to participate in the Columbia Historical Museum's First Saturday Kids Event at the historic Rosenwald School on Saturday, November 2, 2024. A scavenger hunt around the museum and instruction on how to build a family tree will be the...
Four Doctor Weemses are Buried at WC Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton Sandy Weems, a descendant of the four doctors interred in the Weems family's section of Old Columbia Cemetery in West Columbia, has agreed to participate in this year's "Meet Your Ancestors" event slated for November 2nd at the historic burial grounds...
WC Museum Hosts Guest Speaker Kneupper Saturday
October is Texas Archaeology Month. The Columbia Historical Museum will host a program Saturday, October 19th, at 2 p.m. entitled "Barranco Colorado" presented by local Sons of the Republic of Texas Chapter President Chris Kneupper. The program is free and open to the...
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 will be discussed by Larry Pearl at Saturday afternoon's free program at the museum in WC
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 Wedell, who set a new speed record for land planes in September of 1933. Wedell was tragically killed in a plane crash the following summer, his life cut...
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 on Saturday, August 31, 2024, behind the museum. Fried catfish plates with green beans and potato salad will be sold for $15 per plate along Broad...
Museum Will Host Fall Style Show Sept. 21st
The Columbia Historical Museum, 247 East Brazos Avenue in West Columbia, will be the site for a Fall Style Show on Saturday, September 21, 2024. The public is invited to attend to view a variety of new styles of women's clothing currently on sale at Madeline's...
Beryl’s Destruction Topped by Deadly ’32 Storm
By Tracy Gupton While residents of the West Columbia area are still recovering from the severe damage and massive tree loss weeks after Hurricane Beryl tore a destructive path through this area of Southeast Texas, the loss of human life paled in comparison to the...
A Century of Service: Chesney’s Jewelry WC Gem
This story was originally posted on the Columbia Historical Museum's website February 14, 2022. This Saturday, August 10, 2024, Chesney's will be celebrating its 100th anniversary of being in business in West Columbia, Texas, with a party at the 1836 Pocket Park...
Back to School Program Saturday at WC Museum
First Saturday of the month programs at the Rosenwald School in West Columbia continue this Saturday, August 3, 2024, with "Back to School: Then and Now." The August event is free, and children of all ages are welcome to participate. The Columbia Historical Museum's...