The CAMELS Are Coming!!!
October 5 - Texas Camel Corps (Doug Baum) Presentation to 7th
Graders about "The Great Camel Experiment" and its role in Calhoun
County history.
The Chocolate Community Historical Marker was dedicated
Saturday April 22 at the Hatch Cemetery. (Behind Hatchbend Country Club
on Meadowview Ln.)


A GPR Survey was conducted at Old Town Cemetery, aka Cemetery on the
Ridge, on July 4th. 20 unmarked burials were located.
A GPR Survey was performed at
the Indianola Cemetery in March 2022. A large number of unmarked burials
was discovered by the survey.
October 5 - Texas Camel Corps (Doug Baum) Presentation to 7th Graders
about "The Great Camel Experiment" and its role in Calhoun County
history.
 Historical
Marker applications to the Texas Historical Commission for 2021:
o Matagorda Island Lighthouse o Louis Antoine
Andry (Explorer/Cartographer)
Final: Both applications for 2021 markers were approved by the THC.
o Marker Update: The "Springs of Calhoun County" Historical
Marker has been installed on FM1090, near Park Rd.
o October 29 - Texas Camel Corps - Presentation to 7th grade students
about "The Great Camel Experiment" and its role in Calhoun County
history.
o Resubmitted historical marker application for the Matagorda
Island Lighthouse as an Undertold Marker Application.
o Received approval from Texas Historical Commission for historical
marker application - "The Chocolate Community".
o Approved and funded AT-6 Texan life-size silhouette for installation
at Port O'Connor Community Center. (Silhouette by Jal, New Mexico artist
Brian Norwood.
o Received headstone found in Hayes County missing from the Indianola
Cemetery (Margaret Clement).
o Received headstone (piece with date) that was at the Nimitz
Museum in Fredericksburg missing from the Indianola Cemetery (David F. Vance). |