The Age: Oak Island’s Hisler family endures Gulf Coast fishing trials
By Marie Hughes, director of the Chambers County Museum in Wallisville
I had the pleasure of visiting with George William “Bill” Hisler of Oak Island...
Texas History Minute: The duelist, drunkard, and politician who shaped Texas history
By Ken Bridges
Many men in history are brought high by their ambitions, only to fall from their vices. Louis Wigfall, an attorney, legislator, and later U....
The Age: Hankamer family’s legacy of dreams hitched to a schooner
By Marie Hughes, director of the Chambers County Museum at Wallisville
There was a mass emigration from Germany to Texas between 1844 and 1846, sponsored...
Cherokee tragedy, Texan triumph: The life and trials of Sarah Ridge of Chambers County
By Marie Hughes, director of the Chambers County Museum at Wallisville
Raven-haired and slight of frame, Sarah Soilee “Sallie” Ridge was born of Cherokee blood...
The Age: How the Sherman Family shaped Lake Charlotte
By Marie HughesDirector, Chambers County Museum at Wallisville
Nestled near the cypress break just a couple miles north of the Chambers County Museum on Interstate...