MATAGORDA ISLAND -- The lighthouse that once was the first bit of Texas sighted by thousands of European immigrants came to life once more Friday. A descendant of the man who first lit its whale ...

MATAGORDA ISLAND - The Matagorda Island Lighthouse has stood here, a slim tower of metal in this spot on the northern edge of the island, for more than a century. Over the years, it has seemed that ...

The U.S. Postal Service continues its popular series of lighthouse stamps by artist Howard Koslow with the 2009 issuance of five Gulf Coast Lighthouses stamps: Matagorda Island, TX; Sabine Pass, LA; ...

In fact, last National Lighthouse Day (Aug. 7), NOAA’s National Ocean Service posted a short article entitled “Do We Still Need Lighthouses?” The short answer is ‘not really,’ but the following lights ...

MATAGORDA — For decades from 1859 until 1943 an elegant lighthouse steered vessels clear of Half Moon Reef, a sprawling oyster bed in West Matagorda Bay. For all but 10 of those years a flame burned ...