History

Proposed City of Portland location at head of the raft

News Staff
Thursday, November 10, 2022
   The proposed city of Portland (at the head of the raft on the Colorado River approximately twelve miles above the town of Matagorda) is an interesting account of one of the early promoters who came to Texas during Stephen F. Austin‘s era.     Born in Philadelphia in 1766, Nicholas Clopper, Sr.

LeTulle’s legacy long-remembered in Bay City

News Staff
Thursday, October 27, 2022
   Victor Lawrence LeTulle, Bay City businessman, farmer, rancher and philanthropist, was born in Columbus, Texas, on July 5, 1864.     His surname was derived from the family’s place of origin, Tulle, France.    He was the son of Victor D.
Matagorda County History & Genealogy page Above left is the Matagorda United Methodist Church, which was founded in 1839.

Matagorda County History & Genealogy page Above left is the Matagorda United Methodist Church, which was founded in 1839.

"Matagorda Methodist Church history goes back to 1820s" By Louise Walker Ryman & Geraldyne Ryman Havard

News Staff
Thursday, October 13, 2022
   The Matagorda United Methodist Church lays claim to a history beginning in the late 1820s and 1830s. Henry Stevenson of the Mississippi Conference preached in Texas in those early years, “… along the whole Western boundary of the settlements, and all the way to the Colorado River.
Allenhurst Cemetery has been designated at a Historic Texas Cemetery by the Texas Historical Commission

Allenhurst Cemetery has been designated at a Historic Texas Cemetery by the Texas Historical Commission

Allenhurst Cemetery an African-American cemetery near Van Vleck

News Staff
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
   Allenhurst Cemetery is an African-American cemetery located on Allenhurst Road  (CR 142) in Matagorda County, Texas.    From the intersection of HWY 35 and FM 457 in Bay City, travel 3.9 miles on FM 457 to Allenhurst Road.     Turn left (North), proceed 3.1 miles and the cemetery is on the right.

"Allenhurst was 1st new townsite east of Bay City" By Mary B. Ingram

News Staff
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
   In 1905 Allenhurst was the first new townsite east of Bay City on the newly-completed St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railway (SLB&M).      The townsite was named after Allentown, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of Jeff N. Miller, vice-president and general manager of the Brownsville Railway.
Photo courtesy of Matagorda County Museum Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, also known as Mt. Zion Baptist Church No. 1, was located in the Allenhurst Cemetery.

Photo courtesy of Matagorda County Museum Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, also known as Mt. Zion Baptist Church No. 1, was located in the Allenhurst Cemetery.

Mt. Zion Missionary

News Staff
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Thomas M. Duke League) Compiled by Vera Rugeley King    Information for the now defunct, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church located in the Allenhurst Community was provided by Mrs. Vera King in 1992.    Also, Mrs. Alice M.

Four cemeteries part of Blessing history

News Staff
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Hawley Cemetery     Hawley Cemetery, first known as Deming’s Bridge Cemetery, was established in 1854. It is located on Tres Palacios River, two miles east of Blessing, in the Thomas Jamison League of Matagorda County, Texas.
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