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Moore House built for a prominent leader

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Thursday, April 14, 2022
The D.P. and Louise Moore home was built on block 60 in 1902 by builders Hatchett and Large.     The land was purchased from David Swickheimer on Nov. 20, 1894.     Lots 4 - 9 - 2404 Ave. E - were for the homesite, and the other half was used for pasture.

Halfmoon Lighthouse once guided mariners on Matagorda Bay

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Thursday, April 7, 2022
Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse still welcomes visitors to Port Lavaca. However, having been moved ashore from its perch above the waters of Matagorda Bay, it now performs that function for travelers entering Port Lavaca from the east on Texas 35, rather than for mariners arriving from the gulf.
Matagorda County Museum photo/Jennifer Rodgers It took 71 years, but Jack Glenn’s bracelet found its way from where it was found in World War II near Klein Quenstedt, Germany, to the Matagorda County Museum in Bay City Jan. 13, 2015.

Matagorda County Museum photo/Jennifer Rodgers It took 71 years, but Jack Glenn’s bracelet found its way from where it was found in World War II near Klein Quenstedt, Germany, to the Matagorda County Museum in Bay City Jan. 13, 2015.

"Jack Glenn’s bracelet returns to Bay City in 2015" By Carol Sue Gibbs Matagorda County History & Genealogy page

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Thursday, March 31, 2022
When Bernerd Harding, 90, began a personal mission in 2009 to return to Germany to search for his pilot’s wings, little did he know what awaited him.

"Dennis served as county’s clerk, sheriff, state rep."

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
Thomas Mason Dennis, soldier and legislator, was born in Georgia on March 9, 1807, and moved to Texas in March 1835.     He settled in Bastrop and in September joined Capt. Robert M. Coleman’s company of volunteers that marched from Bastrop.
Palacious Area Historical Assoociation The Palacios Beacon was the first business to operate out of the Emmons-Cairnes Building, circa 1910s. An exhibit of the Emmons-Cairnes Museum will be March 11-July 30.

Palacious Area Historical Assoociation The Palacios Beacon was the first business to operate out of the Emmons-Cairnes Building, circa 1910s. An exhibit of the Emmons-Cairnes Museum will be March 11-July 30.

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"Emmons-Cairnes newest City by the Sea Museum exhibit"

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Thursday, March 10, 2022
City by the Sea Museum presents their newest exhibit series, “If this Building Could Talk: The Emmons-Cairnes Building.”     This exhibit will be on display beginning March 11, through July 30.

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Early development showed Midfield more than crossroads

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
Midfield was so named because it was in the midst of open fields practically equal distance from Ganado to the west, El Campo to the north, Bay City to the east, and Palacios to the south.     The townsite was laid out and subdivided by Curley C. Duson, Sr., of El Campo in 1903.
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