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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...
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...
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...
International Museum Day celebrated Thursday
Photo by Tracy Gupton Columbia Historical Museum will be hosting a special open house Thursday, May 18th, during regular business hours in celebration of the Brazoria County Museum Alliance’s “International Museum Day.” Posing with the banner that is now on display in...
WCE 4th Graders Enjoy Tour of Museum
Womack’s impact on museum immeasurable
Longtime Columbia Historical Museum director Bill Womack pictured with his grandson Carrson Karl at the West Columbia museum in happier days By Tracy Gupton Hearts are heavy among those of us who serve as members of the Columbia Historical Museum Board of Directors as...
Former Museum President Schwebel Passes Away
Former Columbia Historical Museum President and board member Donna Lyn Schwebel of West Columbia, Texas, passed peacefully next to her husband on April 18, 2023, at their second home in Rockport, Texas. Even though she has been taken away from this world, we're happy...
San Jacinto Battle occurred 187 years ago
The great monument, a huge obelisk, that can be seen miles away from the site near present day La Porte, commemorates the San Jacinto battlefield. On this day, April 21st, in 1836, the Texan army led by General Sam Houston savored the sweet taste of victory over...
New Sign Placed at WC Rosenwald School
Expressions of gratitude go out to Wade Weems for donating the new Rosenwald School sign and to Bill Womack for overseeing the installation of it this week on the grounds of the historic old schoolhouse located at the intersection of Broad Street and Clay Street in...
Local 4th Grader Wins Essay Contest
Photo by Korey Langford West Columbia Elementary School 4th grader Landon Stewart, left, was presented a gift bag containing chocolate candy and a $25 gift card recently from Columbia Historical Museum board member Pat Weeks. Landon’s essay on “How West Columbia Was...
History of Columbia Methodist church, Part 2
By Winston C. Avera Jr. Apparently another location to build a new church had been considered since there is a deed from Anna L. Sharp to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Columbia, conveying lots in Block 15 in Columbia for the purpose of divine...
History of the Methodist church in West Columbia
By Winston C. Avera Jr. Since 1839, there has been a fellowship at Columbia Methodist Church, organized for the worship of God and the service of man. The Columbia United Methodist Church was first organized as a Methodist Society by Rev. Isaac L. G. Strickland in...
Survivor of Goliad Massacre buried in WC
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...
Columbia in the Days of the Republic, Part Two
By Beth Griggs Columbia and Marion were first established as towns in the Brazos Precinct of Austin’s Colony, Department of Texas, State of Coahuila, Mexico. By 1834, this was the municipality of Columbia, Department of Brazos, State of Coahuila and Texas. For some...
Columbia in the Days of the Republic, Part One
By Beth Griggs The twin cities of Columbia and Marion were laid out in 1826 by Josiah H. Bell, on a part of the original land grant he received from the government of Mexico. Josiah H. Bell was a longtime associate and personal friend of Stephen F. Austin, and...