Welcome Our Wounded Heroes to Port O’Connor Saturday, May 16 – Warrior’s Weekend • To take a warrior fishing, please contact: www.warriorsweekend.org • To assist with night fishing at The Sanctuary, contact Linda Hundley at 361-920-3427. • To offer lodging call Bill Tigrett at 361-983-2671. • To help with anything else (and there’s lots to […]

Port O’Connor Cemetery Text from recently installed Historic Marker. Late in the 19th Century, a small settlement named Alligator Head, named for its particular landscape, developed on the coast of Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County. In 1910, the Calhoun County Cattle Company filed a plat for a town site and named it Port O’Connor in […]

Rhonda Cummins, Calhoun County Extension Agent, Coastal & Marine Resources, was honored on March 20 by the Texas House with a Resolution congratulating her on being named Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce 2014 Woman of the Year and recognizing her valuable service to the community. Rhonda received her Master of Marine Resource Management degree from […]

It’s That Time! OK, I hope you have finished or in the process of making plans for the 3rd Annual Crawfish Festival and Cook-off. But with two weeks left you still have time to get a vendors spot or sign up to be in the cook-off and win the title of “WINNER” for 2015. The […]

Back in 2011, I was introduced to the Fly It Forward Challenge™ which is hosted by Women Of Aviation Worldwide (WOAW). The challenge is a week-long event which is concentrated around March 8th, International Women’s Day. WOAW conducts multiple contests and challenges to engage the female population and the industry. The annual Fly It Forward™ […]