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Coulam, also known as King George, established the Texas Renaissance Festival in 1974 in Todd Mission. He served as the city's mayor from 1982 up until the May 2025 election, which he lost ...

Weeks after a judge ordered Texas Renaissance Festival founder and owner George Coulam to sell the event in a $60 million lawsuit, authorities discovered Coulamdead inside his estate in Todd ...

According to Chron, RW Lands, Inc., Texas Stargate, Inc., Royal Campground, Inc., and Texas RF, Inc. agreed to buy the Texas Renaissance Festival for $60 million from Coulam in early 2023.

The Texas Renaissance Festival founder was found dead in his home, according to the local sheriff's office. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large George Coulam, the founder of the popular Texas ...

George Coulam, founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival, walks by the mausoleum where he plan to be buried outside his home Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, in Todd Mission.

TODD MISSION, Texas — George Coulam, the cofounder of the Texas Renaissance Festival and a sometimes controversial figure central to its 50-year history, has been found dead in his home ...

“Mr. Coulam, a visionary leader, founded the Texas Renaissance Festival in 1974, transforming a remote area into a cultural destination,” Wendele said in a statement released to media.

The founder of the Texas Renaissance Festival was reportedly discovered dead at his home in Grimes County, Sheriff Donald Sowell confirmed to local news. Sowell says he was notified of the death ...

George Coulam on the grounds of the Texas Renaissance Festival, in Todd Mission, on October 12, 2019. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty The king is dead.

HOUSTON — A Grimes County judge has ordered the sale of the Texas Renaissance Festival following a lawsuit, marking the end of founder George Coulam's ownership of the popular fall attraction ...

The prospective next owner of the Texas Renaissance Festival plans to continue the annual event north of Houston, according to the buyer's attorney. Earlier this week, a Grimes County Judge ...