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Matagorda County Historical Commission
 

Featured in TAC County Magazine -
November-December 2010

For the Love of History


 


Activities

 


Drive By History
Join us for a tour of historical markers.
 
City of Matagorda Matagorda County - 1836-1936 Matagorda Methodist Church
Selkirk Island Maj. George Morse Collinsworth Daily Tribune & Matagorda County Tribune
Battle Island Dr.Albert Moses Levy Yeamans-Stallard Home
John Duncan Richard Royster Royall Hawkins Lake Home
Dale-Rugeley-Sisk House Early Texas Freighting Grimes Cemetery
Samuel Rhoads Fisher Sinclair David Gervais Deming's Bridge Community
Matagorda Cemetery Old Hawley Cemetery Matagorda, C. S. A.
Benjamin & Esther Randall Wightman Caney Post Office Confederate Defenses At The Mouth Of Caney Creek
Fisher-Sargent-Gottschalk House Matagorda Lodge No. 7 A. F. & A.M. Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
Jane McManus Sargent Cemetery Vine Grove Christian Church
Ira Ingram Elliott's Ferry Berean Missionary Baptist Church
Seth Ingram Christ Episcopal Church Bay City Methodist Church
     

 

MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION

PO Box 275
Blessing, Texas 77419-0275
 

Ona Lea Pierce, Chairman

G. W. Franzen, Vice-Chairman

Donna Johnson, Treasurer

Jackie Jecmenek, Secretary
 

Texas Historical Commission                         Matagorda County Calendar
 


CURRENT PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
 


National Register Designations


Blessing
Hotel Blessing
Blessing Masonic Lodge

Bay City
U. S. O. Building
Hensley-Gusman House
Southside Historic District
Bay City Post Office
Holman-Allen House

Matagorda
Matagorda Cemetery

Palacios
R. J. Hill Building

Luther Hotel
Price-Farwell Home

 


Certified Local Government


Historical Marker Programs

Holy Cross Catholic Church - 2007
Grimes Family Cemetery - 2008
Lukefahr School Community - 2009
Pilkington Slough Ranch - 2009
St. Peter's Catholic Church - 2009
St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church - 2010
 

History Appreciation & Preservation
2008 Preservation Awards
2008 Collegeport Centennial Driving Tour
2009 Preservation Awards
2009 History Appreciation
2010 History Appreciation & Preservation
 


Matagorda County
7th Grade Field Trip

O. H. Herman 7th Graders
 


Historic Texas Cemeteries


Collegeport Cemetery

Matagorda Cemetery




Preserve America
County

Cemetery Surveys


Featured in TAC County Magazine - November-December 2010
For the Love of History
 

 


Members of the

Matagorda County Historical Commission

 


BAY CITY
Jerrilyn Capers
Faye Cunningham
Ross Cunningham
Freda Daniel

Bobbie Gaspard
Carol Sue Gibbs

Gertrude Hardy

Eddie Jecmenek

Jackie Jecmenek

Donna Johnson

Henrietta Krumholz


 


BELL BOTTOM
Israel Armstrong

BLESSING

Carroll B. Cairnes
Judy Cairnes

Natalie Hansen

Ona Lea Pierce

 

BUCKEYE

Shirley Brown

 

CEDAR LANE

Ray Horton

 


COLLEGEPORT

G. W. Franzen


MATAGORDA

Alyne Cox
Judy Cox

George Deshotels

Joe Faye Deshotels
Kary Havard

Craig Hlavinka
Jennifer Klaiber
Zia Miller


MARKHAM

Deann Griffith

PALACIOS

Vikijane Bear
Colleen Claybourn

Cynthia Garrett
Edith Gower

Mary Johnston

Margaret Lynn
 

VAN VLECK

David Holubec
Barbara Smith

 

 

Matagorda County Judge
Nate McDonald
 


COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT 1

Dan Putska
 

COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT 2

Kent Pollard
 

COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT 3

James Gibson
 

COMMISSIONER
PRECINCT 4

David J. Woodson
 


 


Helpful Links
 

La Salle Projects

Matagorda County Certified Local Government

Matagorda County Genealogy

Matagorda County Historical Markers

Preserve America Community

Texas County Historical Commission Webpages

Texas Settlement Region Guide

Texas Trivia and Fun Facts
 

 

Copyright 2005 - Present by Carol Sue Gibbs
All rights reserved

Created
Feb. 1, 2005
Updated
May 20, 2012
   

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