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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

News Staff
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Polish settlers founded St. Francisville

News Staff
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Southwest of Wadsworth on FM 521 stands a little picturesque church and graveyard- so dear to many, but unknown to most of the residents of Matagorda County.  It is situated in what was known as the “Polish Village,” for most of its earlier inhabitants came from Poland and settled in this community.

Bay City VFD battling blazes for 118 years

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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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.

Ashwood named for its lumber mills

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Thursday, October 31, 2024
Ashwood is at the junction of Farm roads 1728 and 3156, 13 miles north of Bay City in northeastern Matagorda County.    The railroad reached this town on Caney Creek when a branch of the New York, Texas and Mexican Railway was built from Wharton to Van Vleck in 1899–1900.

Haller once represented county in legislature

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Thursday, October 24, 2024
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.

Early Matagorda MD later became father of UTMB

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Thomas C. Thompson, physician and pharmacist, was born on September 28, 1839, in Matagorda County, Texas, the son of Johann and Ellen (Emily) Thompson.   He attended Baylor University at Independence and the University of North Carolina.
Matagorda County Historical Commission Chairperson Carol Gibbs, right, received a Recognition Award in Appreciation “for your exceptional service in Preservation of Matagorda County History 2024. Presenting the award were (MCHC) board members Deean Griffith, far left, and Jennifer Bishop. The award was presented at the commission’s September meeting. Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell

Matagorda County Historical Commission Chairperson Carol Gibbs, right, received a Recognition Award in Appreciation “for your exceptional service in Preservation of Matagorda County History 2024. Presenting the award were (MCHC) board members Deean Griffith, far left, and Jennifer Bishop. The award was presented at the commission’s September meeting. Sentinel Photo/Mike Reddell

Gibbs honored for ‘exceptional service’

News Staff
Thursday, October 3, 2024
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