Cheap Things To Do in Columbus, Texas

More than 2,000 representations of jolly old St. Nick. Includes figurines and prints from Duncan Royale, Fitz and Floyd Steiff Co., Coca-Cola and Norman Rockwell. ... More on traveltex

Inscription. In 1837 this oak sheltered Texas jurors. Courthouse was unfinished because logs coming down-river for building had swept past in strong current. R. M. Williamson, presiding, was called "Three-legged Willie" due to appearance: ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Benjamin Beason, one of Stephen F. Austin's original 300 colonists, settled by a widely used Colorado River crossing near here in 1822. He and his wife Elizabeth proceeded to build a large home (also used as an inn) and ... More on HMDB

Inscription. John (1776-1823) and Elizabeth Plemmons (1778-1829) Tumlinson were born in Lincoln County, North Carolina and lived in Tennessee, Illinois, and Arkansas before coming to Texas with their seven children as members of Austin's ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Robert Robson (1804-1878), one of many Scotsmen seeking fortune in North America, came to the Texas Republic in 1839. On land he owned at this site, he built a concrete "castle, " using native lime and gravel. It had ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Nineteenth-century stagecoach operations in Texas were closely tied to mail delivery, and contracts with the U. S. Postal Service more often than not made the transportation of passengers and freight by stage economically ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Site of the Camp, March 20-26, 1836, of one division of General Santa Anna's Army under the command of General Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma. It crossed the Colorado at Atascosita Ford, eight miles below Columbus. , Erected ... More on HMDB

Inscription. By March 1822, Stephen F. Austin had attracted about 150 colonists to Texas. The pioneers faced many hardships, including concern for their protection form Indians along the Colorado and Brazos rivers. In December of ... More on HMDB