"The Lost Santa Rosa treasure ship in West Matagorda Bay" by: Ray Theiss

 Matagorda Bay is a large body of water located in-between Galveston and Victoria.     The bay itself is divided into two separate entities, East and West Matagorda, and both empty directly into the Gulf of Mexico.

Collinsworth lead victory at 1st battle at Goliad

   George Morse Collinsworth (Collingsworth), soldier, planter, and civil servant, was born in Mississippi in 1810.     He was living in Brazoria, in 1832, when he participated in the battle of Velasco.      In July of that year he was serving as secretary of the Brazoria Committee of Vigilance.

Collinsworth-lead attack surprised Mexican garrison at Goliad

   EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article about George Morse Collinsworth victory at the first battle of Goliad in October 1835, was from a website recognizing the role of Irish, or Celt, Texians in the Texas Revolution.

"Buckeye had lots going for potential residents" By Shirley L. Brown

   Dr. Ambrose A. Plotner and John W. Stoddard purchased the land known as “Kuykendall Pasture” from Wylie M. Kuykendall (1839-1920) and wife, Susan E. Kuykendall (1841-1920) and from R.G. Kuykendall (1870-1906) and wife, Maggie M. Kuykendall (1871-1950) on July 5, 1902.

"Doughty reports on last week’s hearing on Luther Hotel" By Margaret Doughty

   EDITOR’S NOTE: Margaret Doughty has been following the court action on the future of the Luther Hotel in Palacios.    Doughty details the latest developments in this report.

Coulterville on prairie in late 1800s

   Coulterville, also known as Culver, was in Buckner’s Prairie, 15 miles east of Bay City in eastern Matagorda County.         In 1888 William D. Culver became the first postmaster, and by 1891 a community with two general stores, one owned by Culver, had developed.

Buckner Prairie namesake man of legend, fact

BUCKNER, AYLETT C. (1794?–1832).     Aylett(e) C. (Strap) Buckner, filibuster, Indian fighter, Old Three Hundred colonist, and folklore hero of colonial Texas, was the son of Aylett and Elizabeth (Lewis) Buckner of Louisa County, Virginia.

"Austin Wyche family: A long Matagorda County history"By Sessia Wyche Jr.

   Austin Wyche, a blacksmith born in Virginia in 1827, came to Texas in 1863 with his wife, Emma.     Their son Joshua Wyche was born in Texas in 1866.    In 1885, Joshua married Julia Stewart.     The minister was Orange Doss.

Drott Brothers arrived in early years of Collegeport

   EDITOR’S NOTE: This is first part of a stories about two brothers - carpenters - who left Sweden to start a new life in America, ultimately in Collegeport.