Walkabout With Wheels Blog: October 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024

The Old Columbus Water Tower: War Memorial Museum

& County Courthouse

A fire in 1883 threatened downtown Columbus. The City commissioned this Water Tower, located on the Courthouse Square with a space for a horse-drawn Firetruck. Water was supplied to it by a pump on nearby Spring Street.

The first water system in the City covered seven blocks and the increasing water usage led to shortages. In 1912 new Steel Water Tower was built and the water infrastructure in Columbus was expanded.

The empty Water Tower space became the War Memorial Museum. It is filled with displays representing US Military History.

George Washington

wears a Beret.

The Civil War:

Souvenir Medal & Pin

Photos of Soldiers

Green's Brigade Reunions

The Spanish-American War

Photos of Soldiers

Company A 1st Regiment Texas

Manila Captured August 13, 1898

World War II Uniforms

Army Cape worn with

a Dress Uniform

Sergent Inez Spaeth Townsend, WWII

103rd Air Forces Base Unit

The Vietnam War

Russian Rifle, Cap,

Photos of Soldiers,

Cup, Certificate

The Rainbow Division

Local History:

Texas Governor

James "Big Jim" Hogg

The Water Tower

Built in 1883

The Old Stafford Opera House

Columbus, Texas

There's a lot of history on display in The Old Columbus Water Tower

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Downtown Columbus, Texas

Columbus, Texas: All Roads Lead to Columbus on the Colorado

This mural is filled with wry humor...

Paddle Wheel Boat

towing a

Water Skiier

An 1800s woman

uses a Selfie Stick

to take a pic.

The Night-Life

is filled with

gunfights.

Sam Houston

rides a Hog

through town.

Our friend, Jim Wakeman, combines elements from different time periods and humor into many of his paintings.

Columbus State Bank,

founded in 1919 has

been preserved as a

historic landmark.

Columbus is the County Seat of Colorado County.

The County Courthouse

was built in 1891.

This is the Old Water Tower.

Built in 1883, the first floor

addition housed the

horse-drawn Fire Truck.

It now houses the War Memorial

Museum.

The Old Stafford Opera House was

built by Millionaire Banker &

Cattleman Robert E. Stafford

in 1886.

Mr. Stafford also built this ornate

Victorian house, next to the

Operahouse in 1886.

He could watch performances

from his bedroom window.

I would love to know what

OOF means on this building.

Wick Insurance Services, LLC

The Lawyer's Building

is now Southern Flair

on the Square.

Against the Grain

Farm to Market

The Ehrenwerth-RamseyUntermeyer

Building was built in 1873-5 with

bricks fired in a local kiln.

I like the Wagon Wheel Bench

outside the Building.

The Masonic Hall:

Caladonia Lodge

No. 68 A.F. & M

Greetings from...

COLUMBUS

I am happy to see that Columbus has chosen to preserve and repurpose many of its historic buildings. The choices made here ensure that the City and its residents will continue to grow and thrive here.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

The County Market @ The Courthouse in Columbus, Texas

The County Market is held on the

third Saturday from March

through November.

Vendors gather on the grounds of

Columbus County Courthouse.

The Vendors set up on one

side of the Courthouse

Square.

October's Market is very busy with lots of Vendors, Trick or Treaters & their families. Each Vendor brought treats for the costumed Shoppers.

Wreaths & Halloween

Decorations

This fence post is not

Halloween Happy.

Cade Mathis is a College Student,

Bee Keeper, Creator of Honey

Products, Bee Extracter, & owner

of Millheim Honey Company.

And Cade works at Farmer's Markets selling his products and promoting the local Bee Industry. He manages all of this while keeping a busy Class Schedule.