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Jenns’ Mural Shines Spotlight on Former WC Postmasters
By Tracy Gupton Today, July 1, 2026, is National Postal Worker Day across America. The dedicated workers who deliver...
Columbia’s 200th Anniversary Celebration on Tap in October
Plans are being made for the City of West Columbia to host its 200th anniversary celebration in October. City...
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....
Former Roughnecks Tennis Standout to Join CHS Hall
By Tracy Gupton When Columbia High School inducts four new members of its prestigious Athletics Hall of Honor Friday night at Griggs Field, Teddy DiBlasi will be the youngest of the quartet. DiBlasi graduated high school in 2003 with current Roughnecks Head Football...
Museum Board Member’s Memorial This Saturday
West Columbia Man of the Year Flem Rogers delivering acceptance speech at a past Chamber of Commerce event at Heritage Hall A Celebration of Life for Columbia Historical Museum board member Flem Rogers is scheduled for this Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Bethel...
Hall of Honor Induction Awaits Coach Calvin Phillips
By Tracy Gupton August 17, 2022, was a very sad day for the many friends, classmates, players, students and fellow coaches and educators of Calvin Lee Phillips of Pearland. For that was the day life ended for the 1972 graduate of Columbia High School. Calvin was...
Kim Blank Returns to WC for Hall of Honor Induction
By Tracy Gupton Versatility, hustle, dedication and, most of all, talent, were the trademarks of Kim Welsch when she participated and excelled in multiple sports while attending Columbia High School in the 1990s. The former outstanding soccer, volleyball, cross...
Hall of Honor Induction Awaits Longtime CBISD Trustee, Former Roughnecks Catcher, Quarterback Champagne
By Tracy Gupton When Columbia High School Athletics Director and Head Football Coach Earnest Pena informed a gathering of West Columbia Rotarians recently that Jonathan Champagne would be among a quartet of new additions to the Roughnecks Athletics Hall of Honor in...
Alabama-Coushatta People Will Be Topic of Columbia Historical Museum’s Free October 25th Program
Galen and Marion Williams will be presenting an informative program on the Alabama-Coushatta people at the Columbia Historical Museum on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Their presentation will last from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and it is free to anyone who would like to attend....