Matagorda County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY- 141
Have- 118 Need- 23
Matagorda County seat is Bay City. This county is named for the coastal cane breaks, matagorda meaning thick brush in Spanish.
Our experience in this county was brief, lasting only long enough to capture a few markers in Blessing. Now here is the sad part of the story. We had planned to stay overnight and checked into the Luther Hotel but couldn't stay because the room had not been cleaned the toilet had urine under the seat and feces clinging to the bowl. As soon as we realized we left, neither of us feeling comfortable with sleeping there knowing that housekeeping had overlooked the bathroom. The manager who was outside drinking asked why we were leaving, we told her, she offered to go up and clear the bathroom but the worry about COVID was too great. She did say she would credit our card and apologised but this never happened. It a shame because it a neat old hotel overlooking the bay. We didn't even get a chance to capture the hotel marker because it was dark when we left and we were expecting to be there in the morning.
So we need to go back, we will of course stay somewhere else.
Our experience in this county was brief, lasting only long enough to capture a few markers in Blessing. Now here is the sad part of the story. We had planned to stay overnight and checked into the Luther Hotel but couldn't stay because the room had not been cleaned the toilet had urine under the seat and feces clinging to the bowl. As soon as we realized we left, neither of us feeling comfortable with sleeping there knowing that housekeeping had overlooked the bathroom. The manager who was outside drinking asked why we were leaving, we told her, she offered to go up and clear the bathroom but the worry about COVID was too great. She did say she would credit our card and apologised but this never happened. It a shame because it a neat old hotel overlooking the bay. We didn't even get a chance to capture the hotel marker because it was dark when we left and we were expecting to be there in the morning.
So we need to go back, we will of course stay somewhere else.
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August 1st, 2022 - So we did go back and stayed on the beach at Matagorda. Unfortunately during this time my dad was hit by a car in Australia and was in the ICU and I think the worry of that will forever be mixed with the memories of this trip. I couldn't go back to Australia due to COVID, so this trip was a welcome distraction. We ate at the Fat Grass in Bay City which I wanted to love, if only because I like the font on the restautant sign but unfortunately it was just okay. I liked the gumbo from Poco Player and the Shore restaurant was pretty much what you expect from a small coastal town seafood restaurant in Texas. I enjoyed being so close to the beach it was relaxing and the fact that the cabin didn't have internet actually helped a lot to unwine. I like the little town of Palacios, It felt like a very laid back Texas town by the beach. LaVacs Barbecue was not open which was a shame because it is supposed to be excellent. One thing that happened on this trip which was unique was that we were looking for a historical marker for a church and I walked into the middle of the service that was being conducted via loud speaker to the congregation in their cars I really wasn't aware until I had captured the marker and saw all the cars facing my direction. It was cool that despite of COVID this congregation still wanted to worship together, all be it safely.
It was a successful marker trip with a few difficulties as usual. There were a few on private property that we could not access. Hawkins Lake Home, John Duncan and First High School in Bay City we are still working on these. The Blue Star Memorial By-Way was damaged and the Matagorda Historical Commission elected not to reinstate it. Buckeye is new and there are a few not yet up The Confederate Defenses ay the Mouth of Caney Creek will be reinstated.
It was a successful marker trip with a few difficulties as usual. There were a few on private property that we could not access. Hawkins Lake Home, John Duncan and First High School in Bay City we are still working on these. The Blue Star Memorial By-Way was damaged and the Matagorda Historical Commission elected not to reinstate it. Buckeye is new and there are a few not yet up The Confederate Defenses ay the Mouth of Caney Creek will be reinstated.