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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...
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...
May 18th Meeting at Chicago Hotel Proved to be the Genesis of the South’s Rosenwald School Project 115 Years Ago
By Tracy Gupton The collaboration between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington led to the building of nearly 5,000 schoolhouses for African American children across the South. By the time segregation ended, the "Rosenwald Schools" that sprang from this unlikely...
Funeral Services Sunday for Legendary CHS Coach
By Tracy Gupton After coaching his son Jeff in the 1979-80 school year, former Columbia High School athletics director and head football coach Jack Hays put away his whistle and closed the book on his illustrious coaching career. Today the West Columbia community is...
Museum Open House Honors Memory of KNG
A special open house at the Columbia Historical Museum Wednesday night presented invited guests with the first look at a new exhibit on philanthropist Kittie Nash Groce. Ellen Adriance of Columbia Lakes worked with CHM manager Sally Rueffer and a few board members in...
WC Museum Highlights Famous Female Rancher
New Display on Philanthropist Kittie Nash Groce to Be Featured, Remain on Display Throughout Month of May By Tracy Gupton A speaker summed it up perfectly when addressing the role Kittie Nash Groce played during her illustrious lifetime in the quaint community of West...
Cinco de Mayo Focus of CHM’s “First Saturday” Program
All children of the West Columbia area are invited to attend the May 2nd "First Saturday of the Month" program at the historical Rosenwald School. The Columbia Historical Museum will be hosting the "Cinco de Mayo" children's program this Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1...
Brave Tuskegee Airmen Like Virgil Richardson Receive Special Day of Recognition in March from Texas Governor Abbott
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day on May 5, 2025, during Texas's 89th Legislative Session. The first annual Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day was recently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of March 2026 at the new Tuskegee...
Survivor of Goliad Massacre Buried at Local Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton As Texian soldiers routed General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s Mexican troops at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in April 1836, celebratory shouts of “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad” rained down on the fallen and fleeing Mexicans. One of...
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 Heritage Hall Saturday, March 21st. The event was created in 2025 as a fundraiser and the directors of the local museum hope to make the Runaway Scrape Ball...
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 delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos signed the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico. The adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on...
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 at the historical Rosenwald School on March 7th. West Columbia Mayor Laurie Beal Kincannon will be the museum's special guest at the "First Saturday...
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 Friday. 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...
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 post. By Tracy Gupton Columbia Historical Museum February 15, 2023, was declared Bailey’s Prairie Kid Day countywide by the Brazoria County...