MATAGORDA COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION


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

Activities

Matagorda County For Kids

Union Marker Dedication Palacios Cemetery

2010 Activities and Projects

2009 Activities and Projects

This Place Matters

2011 Preservation & History Appreciation Awards
2010 Preservation & History Appreciation Award
2009 Preservation Awards
2009 History Appreciation
2008 Preservation & History Appreciation

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