The Matagorda Island Light is located on Matagorda Island in Calhoun County, in the U.S. state of Texas. Once under the jurisdiction of the United States...

Matagorda Island (/ˌmætəˈɡɔːrdə/ ), Spanish for "thick bush," is a 38-mile (61 km) long barrier island on the Texas Gulf coast, located approximately seven...

the only one that still stands. To distinguish it from the nearby Matagorda Island Light it was given a red glass chimney to be used with the oil lantern...

Point Bolivar Light is a historic lighthouse in Port Bolivar, Texas, that was built in 1872. It served for 61 years before being retired in 1933, when...

returning to Boston, Matagorda joined Patrol Wings Atlantic (PatWingLant) and loaded torpedoes and ordnance stores at Newport, Rhode Island. On 12 May 1942...

The Sabine Bank Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Gulf of Mexico south of the mouth of the Sabine River. It is still active, though the original tower...

charge of navigational aids, including Biloxi Light, Matagorda Island Light, and the first Point Bolivar Light. Hazlehurst died on February 21, 1900, in Baltimore...

Bayou Beacon". www.w5azn.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017. "Name: East Shoal Light". Lighthouse Explorer. Retrieved October 14, 2017. "Fort Point Lighthouse"...

Washburn led two brigades from the Union XIII Corps to capture a fort on Matagorda Island defended by Colonel William R. Bradfute and a small Confederate garrison...

Aransas Pass Light Station also called Lydia Ann Lighthouse is an historic light station in Aransas County, Harbor Island, just outside the city limits...

2019. Candy Cain Abshier WMA. Retrieved February 19, 2019. Cedar Creek Islands WMA. Retrieved February 19, 2019. "'Wildfire of historic proportion' hits...

Fort Point Light was a lighthouse located on the south side of the entrance to Galveston Bay in Texas. This light was not long-lived. Although the land...

warning is also put into effect from Padre Island to San Luis Pass, including Corpus Christi Bay and Matagorda Bay. Authorities in several coastal counties...

The 1942 Matagorda hurricane was the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season. The second tropical storm and...

Bolivar Peninsula. July 15, 2003 – Hurricane Claudette makes landfall at Matagorda Island near Port O'Connor as a strong Category 1 storm, with maximum sustained...

several houses in Port Lavaca. On Matagorda Island, the saltwater contaminated the fresh water supply, and in Matagorda Bay, heavy shipping losses were...

Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado continued across Matagorda Bay and dissipated south of Keller Bay. EF0 S of Kirbyville Taney MO 36°34′N...

gradually died. The healthy built wells and a temporary fort on the island of Matagorda. On March 24, La Salle took 52 men in five canoes to find a less...

Extensive power outages affected Fort Bend County, Texas. Damage in Matagorda was mostly caused by tidal flooding and winds; 4,500 residents evacuated...

inHg). The storm caused considerable damage on the Cayman Islands. August, 1942 - The 1942 Matagorda hurricane passes Grand Cayman just to the southwest as...

Pierre-Jean de Béranger was commissioned to explore St. Bernard Bay "Matagorda Bay" to establish a colony for France along its shores. Jean took an old...

1, 1864. Duty at Matagardo Peninsula, Indianola, Powder Horn, and Matagorda Island until June 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, La., and garrison duty there...

on San José Island and crossed to Matagorda Island. At the Battle of Fort Esperanza, a battery of 1st Missouri Light Artillery bombarded the fort, which...

has jurisdiction over the counties of Galveston, Brazoria, Chambers and Matagorda. It is housed in the United States Post Office, Customs House and Court...

Congress authorized an appropriation of $15,000 for "a lighthouse and beacon light" at Brazos Santiago Pass. Work began in February 1852. When complete, the...

Limestone Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-895901-18-4. "The SS Coldbrook and Middleton Island". Far Corners Photography. Retrieved 27 April 2010. "NOAA ships locate wreck...

damage. The most significant tropical cyclone of the season, known as the Matagorda hurricane, developed on August 23. After striking the Yucatán Peninsula...

into Matagorda Bay, the ship was captured by Colonel Earl Van Dorn and members of two Galveston militia units, the Wigfall Guards and the Island City...

was lost to pirates in the West Indies, a second sank in the inlets of Matagorda Bay. The La Belle made landfall in Feb. 1685. They founded a settlement...

USS Vincennes was a Cleveland-class light cruiser of the United States Navy, which were built during World War II. The class was designed as a development...