Lavaca County

The great flood of 1940

BY MURRAY MONTGOMERY Staff Writer One of the worst floods to hit the Lavaca County, Texas, area occurred the last weekend in June of 1940. The Moulton Eagle, a weekly newspaper, had the big story days later in its July 5, 1940 issue. The paper reported that many bridges had been lost in the area.

Lavaca County World II Casualty Honor Roll

Compiled by Murray Montgomery - Format from Texas Genealogy Trails - Source: National Archives & Records Administration    

History and preparation for tornadoes and spring storms in Texas

By Murray Montgomery Tornadoes are a natural disaster that has caused significant damage and loss of life throughout history. Texas is no stranger to these destructive forces of nature, with a long history of tornadoes affecting the state.

Meteor shower anticipated from world famous Halley’s comet

Today marks the peak of the Eta-Aqaurids meteor shower, an annual meteor shower caused by the world’s most famous comet, 1P Halley. That’s according to national news stories published earlier this week by Forbes senior contributor Jamie Carter, a science and astronomy specialist.

When telephones came to Texas

By Murray Montgomery There are times when you take on a project, that you don’t know what you’re getting into - this column is one of those times. Simply put, after hours of research, it was hard to find much information on when Lavaca County actually received the telephone.

A white bluebonnet in a field of blue

By: Jimmy Appelt & Bobby Horecka Art by: Michelle Price Most anyone who has driven much any distance at all lately has likely gotten an eyeful of the many fields to be found that are just as blue as the sky thanks to our magnificent state flower, the Bluebonnet.

How Hallettsville Became The seat of Lavaca County

I have always believed that if you want to know the truth about things of a historic nature; you should go to the source.

Lavaca County pioneer from the beginning of Hallettsville

Not long ago, I was browsing the Internet for some material of interest about Lavaca County in the early years of Texas.

Pipeline accident lands worker in hospital

Lavaca County EMS responded to a pipeline storing facility Tuesday, March 7, where a worker experienced a traumatic injury. Crewmembers were able to stabilize the patient and evacuate them to an appropriate facility via aircraft.