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Museum’s Runaway Scrape Ball Planned April 5th
By Tracy Gupton Our neighboring town of Brazoria's museum has its popular annual Santa Anna Ball. In 2025, some 189...
Longtime Roughnecks Coach Derrich Passes Away at 82
By Tracy Gupton Funeral services for former Columbia Roughnecks Athletics Director and Head Football Coach Ed Derrich...
Public Invited to Curator’s Sunday Program at WC Museum About East Columbia’s Role in Texas Independence
Columbia Historical Museum Curator Michael Bailey will be examining the role of East Columbia in early Texas history...
National Donut Day Celebrated at WC Museum
In 1917, The Salvation Army embarked on a mission to provide spiritual and emotional support for U.S. soldiers fighting in France during World War I. At the personal request of General John S. Pershing, about 250 volunteers traveled overseas and set up small huts near...
Passport Program Offered at County Museums
The Columbia Historical Museum directors approved curator Michael Bailey's request at their May board meeting for the West Columbia museum to participate in the Brazoria County Passport Program. The Summer Museum Passport Program will kick off Saturday, June 1, 2024,...
Pair of CHS Grads Gifted Museum Scholarships
Over $800,000 in college scholarships were handed out to graduating Columbia High School seniors at Thursday night's awards program in the local high school's auditorium. For the second consecutive year the Columbia Historical Museum awarded two seniors who will be...
Local Museum Celebrates International Museum Day
Each year since 1977, the International Counsel of Museums has organized International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community. The objective of International Museum Day (IMD) is to raise awareness about the fact that,...
Jim Hogg Was State’s First Native Born Governor
By Tracy Gupton Former Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg was born on this day 173 years ago. His connection to West Columbia did not occur until after he left the Governor’s Mansion in Austin when he purchased the former Martin Varner-Columbus Patton plantation in...
A Night at the Museum Slated for April 6th
WC Museum Hosting Women’s Day Event Friday
Rodeo Life Experiences Shared by Taylor Hall Jr.
By Tracy Gupton Nonagenarian cowboy Taylor Hall Jr. was the special guest of the Brazoria County Library in Angleton Tuesday evening. Better known as “The Bailey’s Prairie Kid,” Hall fielded questions about his long rodeo career, seeming to enjoy basking in his many...
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 bet most West Columbians had no idea a celebrity was living among them. But the man Vinson, an associate professor of Latin American History at Penn...
Saturday Open House Puts Spotlight on Alumni of Old Charlie Brown High School at Rosenwald School
The final Saturday in February has been slated for a mini-reunion of former Charlie Brown School students at the historic Columbia Rosenwald School in West Columbia. February is Black History Month and the Columbia Historical Museum has been hosting special events...
Rosenwald School to Host Doc Rogers March 2nd
On Saturday, March 2nd, a musical tradition returns to the Columbia Historical Museum. Come celebrate Texas Independence Day with Doc Rogers and his musical program, "Texas Our Texas." The evening begins at 6 p.m. with seating and refreshments at the Columbia...
Dixon Was Brazoria County’s First Black Mayor
By Tracy Gupton Robert Dixon would have celebrated his 77th birthday last month. The former longtime West Columbia city councilman passed away at the age of 62 September 29, 2009, at Cornerstone Hospital in Houston surrounded by his loving family. But what a unique...