County newspaper gave Kuykendalls a close look

   EDITOR’S NOTE: We thought this feature newspaper article on the Kuykendalls - four years before their deaths in 1920 - provided anecdotes about their personal lives. PEOPLE WE KNOW     Mr. Wiley M. Kuykendall is a native of Fort Bend county, born on the Brazos river 77 years ago.

Bailey Hardeman: Matagorda’s Republic of Texas statesman

   Bailey Hardeman, War of 1812 soldier, Santa Fe trader, mountain man, a founder and officer of the Republic of Texas, thirteenth or fourteenth child of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman, was born at the Thomas Hardeman station or stockade, near Nashville, on February 26, 1795.

Edward Peareson was Matagorda’s only doctor, newspaper editor/publisher

Dr. Edward Adolphus Peareson    c 1816 - December 29, 1865    Dr. Edward A. Peareson (Pearson or Pierson), son of Philip Edward and Rachel  Peareson, was from Fairfield District, South Carolina.

Proposed City of Portland location at head of the raft

   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.

Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church celebrates 119th homecoming, church anniversary

   Members of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church at 394 Ave. B in Markham will celebrate their 119th Homecoming and Church Anniversary at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6.

LeTulle’s legacy long-remembered in Bay City

   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.

Elliott’s Ferry was on Colorado River bluff near present-day Bay City

   Elliott, also known as Elliott’s Ferry and Elliott’s and historically linked with Cayce’s Ferry and Red Bluff, was on the Colorado River a few miles west of the future site of Bay City in north central Matagorda County.      During Stephen F.

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

   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 an African-American cemetery near Van Vleck

   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.