History

Merry Christmas 1937 from East side of the square

   Shoppers on the east side of the square on December 11, 1937 were probably greeted with signs which said “Only 14 Days Until Christmas!”   They were grateful that the temperature which was in the 40s, was warming up a bit.

Merry Christmas 1937 from south side of the square

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Williams among Bay Prairie men who died at Goliad

   Napoleon Bonaparte Williams, soldier in the Texas Revolution, was born in 1809 to George F. and Lavinia (Hobbs) Williams.   The family moved to Texas from Connecticut.   George Williams, as a member of the Old Three Hundred, received a grant of a sitio of land on Tres Palacios Creek.

Robert Williams interests went from politics to farming

    Robert Harris Williams, alcalde of the District of Mina and one of Stephen F. Austin’s Old Three Hundred colonists, son of Marmaduke “Duke” and Ede (Harris) Williams, was born in Caswell County, North Carolina, on October 10, 1796.   His siblings included Charles F. Augustus and John Williams.
Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell Matagorda County Museum recently opened its upstairs gallery to show off its new look. The upstairs gallery features class photos from different schools in the county - some decades and eras old, some from schools that no longer exist.

Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell Matagorda County Museum recently opened its upstairs gallery to show off its new look. The upstairs gallery features class photos from different schools in the county - some decades and eras old, some from schools that no longer exist.

Museum shows off upstairs gallery

Bay City VFD battling blazes for 118 years

   The Bay City Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1906 - 118 years of service to Bay City and the surrounding areas.  William Walker Sr. was the first fire chief when the only equipment in the city was a two-wheeled, hand-drawn chemical cart.