Saturday, March 3 is the date for Seadrift Boy Scout Troop 106 annual Barbecue to be held at the Seadrift School Cafeteria. Barbecue plates will consist of barbecued brisket, beans and German potatoes. Enjoy your meal while visiting with friends and neighbors, then do some bidding at the Cake Auction, which features beautiful and tasty […]

A union meeting of The Commercial Oystermen of Texas was held on Friday, February 10th at the Bauer Building in Port Lavaca to discuss what the Oystermen say is a case of discrimination against undocumented workers by the local Coast Guard. The oystermen say they are being impeded while harvesting oysters in the approved areas […]

I was listening to the ol’ oystermen telling their tales of dragging the bottom, spilling their souls like “pieces of silver” tossed onto a sawdust floor, their eyes, red like the tide, their skin, worn and wrinkled like the onyx oyster shells. We drank from amber bottles at the bar, I bought some, they bought […]

The obvious intent of the design of the Bloody Arm Flag was to intimidate Mexico in the most graphic way possible to show the ‘Texians’ would stop at nothing in the cause of Texas Independence. It was hoisted above the town of Goliad. The white flag showed an arm holding a bloody saber designed and […]