DAR highlighting revolutionary women contributors

Francis Waldman family among Matagorda County’s earliest

   The members of the Francis W. Waldman family were some of the earliest Matagorda residents.   Hope for starting a life of freedom in the new land of the Republic of Texas was bright at the onset, but the family would suffer many heartaches along with joys.  Francis/Franz W.

Texian Navy Day ceremonies

1934 hurricane heavily damaged Matagorda, Palacios

Hurricane’s Toll MountsSeveral Known Dead as 70 to 80 Mile Wind Hits Matagorda Bay SectionNo Known Lives Reported Lost Here, Fear Felt For Some; Few Buildings Escape Wind DamageMuch Damage is Suffered At Camp HulenMany Buildings At B. Y. P. U.

Prissick disappears from Austin for a lengthy worldwide jaunt

William Prissick.  Passages in the Life of an Eccentric Texas Legislator.  The Family Pedigree of Hon. William Prissick-Oddities of Odd EnglishmanScraps of Early History   in the Settlement of Texas.  (Written for The Galveston Weekly News   Jan. 12, 1882By D.E.E. Braman, of Matagorda.

Braman had many interests

  JUDGE BRAMAN DEAD - Last night, at his home in this city, Judge Don Egbert Erastus Braman died, in the 84th year of his age, having been born Sept. 21, 1814, at Norton, Bristol county, Mass.

The interesting, puzzling life of a Matagorda statesman, recluse

William Prissick.  Passages in the Life of an Eccentric Texas Legislator.  The Family Pedigree of Hon. William Prissick-Oddities of Odd EnglishmanScraps of Early History in the Settlement of Texas.  (Written for The Galveston Weekly News Jan. 12, 1882by D.E.E. Braman, of Matagorda.

Prissick a study in contrasts

PRISSICK, WILLIAM (1805–1881)    William Prissick, state representative, surveyor, and county official, was born in Shropshire County, England, in 1805.   He was the son of James Prissick and Mary (Weaver) Prissick and was baptized on October 22, 1805, in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England.

The interesting, puzzling life of a Matagorda statesman, recluse

William Prissick.  Passages in the Life of an Eccentric Texas Legislator.  The Family Pedigree of Hon. William Prissick-Oddities of Odd EnglishmanScraps of Early History in the Settlement of Texas.  (Written for The Galveston Weekly News Jan. 12, 1882by D.E.E. Braman, of Matagorda.

Cane Belt once essential to county transportation

   The Cane Belt Railroad Company, eventually to become the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, was chartered on March 4, 1898, and was built south from Eagle Lake.   The charter was amended to call for an extension to the tidewater of the Gulf of Mexico via Bay City, Matagorda County’s new county seat.