When you live and grow old in the same place you grew up, memories of things long gone can still be seen in your minds eye. Highway 87 is one of...

Fortitude. In today’s world, the word fortitude, and its definition, seem lost in the pages of Webster’s dictionary. It is a word that most of us...

Louis John Foester was born on July 23, 1828 in Germany. He was orphaned at just nine years old and at 13 he began to learn and master the saddlery...

There are people throughout history whose names are known because of the changes they have made by making the world around them a better place to...

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...