History records how Wilson Creek church served Black community

The Wilson Creek church and school building erected in 1891 on Wilson Creek Road in Matagorda County was named Christ the Chief St. Mary Baptist Church.

Shiloh important for early Black settlers in Cedar Lane

   The year 1865 was significant in the history of the early Black settlers of the present day Cedar Lane Community.   Their prayers had been answered, they now were free. Overnight, they were transformed from slaves to free community members.

"Stone’s annual exhibit highlights local African American education" by: Jessica Shepard

   Time’s running out to catch Donnye Stone’s annual Black History exhibit in the Matagorda County Museum lobby.  Museum operating hours are Wednesday-Saturday from 1-4 p.m. at 2100 Ave. F in Bay City.

Vine Grove: The little church of Live Oak Community

   Whether the name Grapevine Church, Home Mission Society, or Vine Grove Christian Church is used, one is still referring to a little church that once was or still exists in Live Oak Community, Matagorda County.

Karankawas probably had early campground near Live Oak Bayou

   Liveoak (Live Oak) Community is near Live Oak Bayou and FM 2540, 10 miles southeast of Bay City in southeastern Matagorda County.

Caney Creek once widely traveled waterway

   Caney Creek, originally named Canebrake Creek after the dense cane growth that banked its sides until white settlement of the area, rises one mile south of Matthews in Colorado County, within the maze of irrigation canals, dead-water sloughs, and old stream channels of the flat prairie near the...

Caney Creek once widely traveled waterway

   Caney Creek, originally named Canebrake Creek after the dense cane growth that banked its sides until white settlement of the area, rises one mile south of Matthews in Colorado County, within the maze of irrigation canals, dead-water sloughs, and old stream channels of the flat prairie near the...

Cook early colonist, postmaster on Cook’s Island

   James Cook, a partner with William B. DeWees as one of Stephen F. Austin’s Old Three Hundred families, was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1797 and was probably in Texas by 1820.   On August 3, 1824, he and DeWees received title to a sitio of land now in Colorado County.

Haller once represented county in legislature

    Nathan H. Haller, who represented Brazoria and Matagorda counties in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth legislatures, was born in slavery in Charleston, South Carolina, on July 8, 1845. His owner took him to Walker County, Texas, probably before 1860.

Peninsula’s army airfield still functions as airport today

   The Matagorda Peninsula Army airfield was built during 1942 by the Army Air Corps, primarily to support the Matagorda Bombing Range on Matagorda Island to the south.   In addition, it was also developed as a training school by Army Air Forces Training Command.