The City of Port Lavaca and the Calhoun County Historical Commission will be hosting the Lavaca Artillery Battery Silhouette Ceremony on November 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Bayfront Peninsula Park in Port Lavaca. The public is invited to attend. The metal silhouette represents the Home Guard firing on two Union gunboats that fired […]

I moved to this county in 2006; never had I such a curiosity for a particular location. I’d always been surrounded by history and I was quite astute to history in the places I had lived, traveled or hoped to one day visit. However once you find yourself surrounded by history — down the rabbit […]

Annual Thanksgiving Service held November 16 at St. Joseph Church    

Thanksgiving- A Very American Eclectic Holiday I conducted an unofficial and non scientific survey of how POC-ites celebrate Thanksgiving. The names have been deleted to protect the crazy, but local lunatics, fanatics and other opinionated persons have shared with us the traditional, nontraditional and downright goofy ways they celebrate thanksgiving. One family remembers the corn […]

Congratulations to Robbie and Marie Hawes on their retirement. After many years of running Boathouse Bait, they are hanging up their fishing nets, selling their beautiful Pusservin Shrimp Boat, and planning for more travel, extra time with family and lots of doing things together. It will not be the same on the ICW without them […]