One of the beautiful things about history is the ability to put oneself in another time for a little while. Imagining what life was like both...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Charles Everett Fisher (1874 – 1958)I have always loved history. It is a cornucopia of exciting events and amazing people. Texas...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Jessamine “Jessie” McFarland PenfieldJessamine (Jessie) McFarland was born on April 28, 1878, in Sweet Home, Lavaca County,...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Captain David Hess Garner Sr. (1807 – 1864)In 1812 Great Britain and the United States went to war over British restrictions on...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: William Clinton Fetter (1875-1940) On a recent visit to the Port Lavaca Cemetery, I came across a very weathered tombstone...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY: Captain Frank Bauer (1868-1954)The name Bauer is one that is well known in Calhoun County, and for good reason. Through vigorous...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (August 5, 2025): Frederick (Fred) Senator Montier was born 171 years ago TODAY, August 5, 1854, in Lavaca, Texas (today Port...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 29, 2025): Johann Henry Schmitt, IV, was born in Büdesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany in 1829. When Johann...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 22, 2025): Juliet Constance Ewing Fretwell (1820-1878) In 1824 Don Martin DeLeon established a colony in Texas. The DeLeon...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 15, 2025): Miss Grace Bierman was born on March 7, 1895, in Chocolate (later called Sweetwater) in Calhoun County, Texas -...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 8, 2025): James Preston Fulkerson (1802-1852) Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Doc Holliday, and Wyatt Earp are...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (July 1, 2025): William Patrick (W.P.) Regan, Sr. was born in Indianola on November 2, 1873. He was the 4th child and 2nd son of...

“The discovery of an amazing story” (Part 2/2):On July 1, 1851, Thomas Mann Randolph Bankhead, a man of influence and wealth died in Port Lavaca,...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (June 17, 2025): Thomas Mann Randolph Bankhead (1811-1851) Part 1 of 2I have always liked to visit cemeteries. They are places of...

TOMBSTONE TUESDAY (June 10, 2025): Perry Landon Haskin (1897-1972) was born in Wise County on Dec 29, 1897 to Elmer James and Mary Susan “Molly”...