In 1684, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, set sail on the La Belle to establish a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The story of this ill-fated expedition and recent ...
More than three centuries after the French ship La Belle sank in Matagorda Bay, Jim Bruseth watched nervously Thursday as crews prepared to wheel her hull to its final resting place at the Bullock ...
BAY CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Matagorda County Museum in Bay City is open to visitors interested in learning more about an unexpected discovery that gave the museum international recognition. The La ...