Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army
Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered to paint three-feet high murals at four locations along the Corps-operated Colorado River Locks, to combat wat... More
A 72-feet-wide tow enters the east lock of the Colorado
A 72-feet-wide tow enters the east lock of the Colorado River Locks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s locks provide navigation access through the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, assisting vesse... More
Oil makes landfall on Matagorda Island off the Texas
Oil makes landfall on Matagorda Island off the Texas coast, March 27, 2014. The Unified Command for the Texas City Y Response is working diligently to clean affected areas and mitigate further landfall. (Unifie... More
US COAST GUARD DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Miami, FL (July 2) -- A boarding team member from the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Matagorda conducts a dockside investigation of a go fast boat. USCG PHOTO BY SANTOS, DAVID M. PA2
USACE Galveston District urges safety over July 4th holiday; flexes lo...
A 72-feet-wide tow enters the east lock of the Colorado River Locks. The Colorado River Locks enables the transit of more than 12,000 tows, over 30,000 recreational or commercial vessels and 20 million tons of ... More
Boom is put in place to prevent oil from the Texas
Boom is put in place to prevent oil from the Texas City collision from affecting environmentally-sensitive areas in Matagorda Bay, March 28, 2014. Approximately 150 response personnel have placed more than 16,0... More
DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF CUTTER MATAGORDA
LOCKPORT, La. (Feb. 7, 2003)--Adm. Thomas Collins, Commandant, displays a plaque of the Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda'a Ensign at the ship's decommissioning ceremony at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., Feb.... More
Staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston
Staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Colorado River Locks provided a tour of the lock facilities to Sam Houston High School’s (Arlington ISD) Earth and Science Club as part of a Gulf... More
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Matagorda County - Bay...
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Texas - Matagorda County
US COAST GUARD USCGC Matagorda FLORIDA
MIAMI, FLA. (Feb. 1) -- USCGC Matagorda underway off Miami Beach. USCG Photo by SWIFT, ED CWO.
US COAST GUARD CUTTER MATAGORDA
NEW ORLEANS, La. (Mar. 27-2004)--The newly recommissioned U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda, the first 110-foot cutter to make the transformation to 123 feet, at Integrated Support Command New Orleans March 27,... More
Cattle cross the Colorado River, April 4, in Matagorda
Cattle cross the Colorado River, April 4, in Matagorda County, Texas, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District made way for the cattle drive following a jetty construction and dredging project... More
Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army
Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered to paint three-feet high murals at four locations along the Corps-operated Colorado River Locks, to combat wat... More
USACE Galveston District offers federally-funded programs to assist wi...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District works to construction the $1.3 million Half Moon Reef project to restore 12 acres of sub-tidal reef and habitat located within the northernmost extent of the ... More
Oil from Texas City collision makes landfall on Matagorda Island
Oil makes landfall on Matagorda Island off the Texas coast, March 27, 2014. The Unified Command for the Texas City Y Response is working diligently to clean affected areas and mitigate further landfall. (Unifie... More
Injured man waits for Coast Guard assistance
Injured man waits for assistance from good Samaritans and Coast Guard after running aground along the Intracoastal Waterway near Matagorda, Texas, Aug. 23, 2015. The good Samaritans stood by after calling the C... More
Two members of the Shoreline Assessment Team locate
Two members of the Shoreline Assessment Team locate oiled impact points on Matagorda Island, March 29, 2014. The Unified Command in Port O'Connor is overcoming logistical challenges posed by the remote island i... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is currently dredging the mouth of the Colorado River to improve navigation safety. Once completed, the project will improve navigation safety and allow for th... More
Cattle cross the Colorado River, April 4, in Matagorda
Cattle cross the Colorado River, April 4, in Matagorda County, Texas, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District made way for the cattle drive following a jetty construction and dredging project... More
USACE Galveston District’s Simon DeSoto earns recognition for water sa...
Simon DeSoto, Colorado River lockmaster with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, works with Happy Radio 92.5 to produce and broadcast water safety public service announcements during the 17th I... More
Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army
Bay City High School art students and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District partnered to paint three-feet high murals at four locations along the Corps-operated Colorado River Locks, to combat wat... More
DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF CUTTER MATAGORDA
LOCKPORT, La. (Feb. 7, 2003)--Adm. Thomas Collins, Commandant, addresses those in attendance at the Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda decommissioning ceremony at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La. Collins also int... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Commander
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Commander Col. Christopher W. Sallese (right) visits a newly-built jetty (completed in October 2010) located at the Lower Colorado River Authority Matagorda Bay... More
A barge loaded with cleanup equipment makes its way
A barge loaded with cleanup equipment makes its way to Matagorda Island, March 29, 2014. The Unified Command in Port O'Connor is overcoming logistical challenges posed by the remote island in order to clean up ... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Commander
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Commander Col. Christopher W. Sallese visits the new jetty (completed in October 2010) located at the Lower Colorado River Authority Matagorda Bay Nature Park a... More
Boom is put in place to prevent oil from the Texas
Boom is put in place to prevent oil from the Texas City collision from affecting environmentally-sensitive areas in Matagorda Bay, March 28, 2014. Approximately 150 response personnel have placed more than 16,0... More
Live-fire exercise - U.S. Coast guard photo
Miami Beach, FL (July 1)--Crewman aboard the CGC Matagorda (WPB 1303) fire the ships 25mm canon during a live-fire exercise. USCG photo by PA2 David M. Santos
Coast Guard People - US Coast Guard photo
Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda crewmembers (left to right) Petty Officer 2nd class, John Selvan, Commanding Officer Lt. Scott Sharp, Executive Officer Lt.j.g. Chris Raia and Petty Officer 1st class Daniel Vaughn ... More
Pictured is Simon DeSoto the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Pictured is Simon DeSoto the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District lock operator in Matagorda, Texas, March 21 ,2013. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Army/Released)
DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF CUTTER MATAGORDA
LOCKPORT, La. (Feb. 7, 2003)--Adm. Thomas Collins, Commandant, presents a plaque to Lt. Craig Wieschhorster, commanding officer of the decommissioned Coast Guard Cutter Matagorda, a 110-foot patrol boat. The sh... More
Oil makes landfall on Matagorda Island off the Texas
Oil makes landfall on Matagorda Island off the Texas coast, March 27, 2014. The Unified Command for the Texas City Y Response is working diligently to clean affected areas and mitigate further landfall. (Unifie... More