This plaque accompanies a statue of three men reading and talking just outside the entrance to Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas. It reads: Civilization shouts, gives orders, writes rules, puts...
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THE CALDWELL TREATY OAK PARK Estimated to have been a majestic tree of about 100 years when Columbus first landed on North American shores, this Live Oak tree has been pronounced the most perfect...
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BRACKENRIDGE FIELD LABORATORY THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN "The Crutchfield Suite" For 45 years (Fall 1967 - Fall 2012) Resident Manager John Crutchfield and Grace Crutchfield lived in this...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON LITTLEFIELD (1842-1920) CAME TO TEXAS FROM MISSISSIPPI IN 1850. AFTER SERVING IN TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS IN THE CIVIL WAR, HE MADE HIS FORTUNE RANCHING AND DRIVING CATTLE. HE...
“Three double log houses built on this site in 1839 shortly after Austin was selected as the capitol of the Republic of Texas served as the offices for the War Department and the Adjutant General....
BUILT 1885-86 BY COL. JESSE L. DRISKILL (1824-1890), CATTLE KING WHO MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 1869. BRICK DRESSED WITH LIMESTONE. HAD THREE GRAND ENTRANCES – ONE THE LARGEST ARCHED DOORWAY IN TEXAS....
THE OLD BAKERYBICENTENNIAL SQUARE THE OLD BAKER WAS THE OFFICE OF BICENTENNIAL AFFAIRS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL IN AUSTIN. FESTIVAL VENTS, PROJECTS...
Leslie, Queen of Austin (born Albert Leslie Cochran), roamed 6th St. in g-strings and heels with his trademark goatee, and had a saucy comment for every passerby who snapped a photo with him....
WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA DEDICATE THIS COPY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE...
THE ARCHIVE WAR IN 1839 AUSTIN BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES- STATE PAPERS AND LAND TITLES-WERE HOUSED ON CONGRESS AVENUE. IN 1842 AFTER MEXICAN ARMIES SEIZED...
Austin's Moonlight Towers This is one of the 31 original moonlight towers installed in Austin in 1895. Seventeen remain. Each tower illuminated a circle of 3000 feet using 6 carbon arc lamps...
“Littlefield Home George W. Littlefield (1842 – 1920) came to Texas with his family in 1850. He served in the Civil War with Terry’s Texas Rangers, attaining the rank of Major. Following the war...
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“The Battle Oaks These three native Texas Live Oaks were on the grounds of the original “Forty Acres” when The University of Texas opened on September 15, 1883. The largest tree is believed to...
INTERFECTI AUGUST 1, 1966 THOMAS AQUINAS ASHTON DR. ROBERT H. BOYER THOMAS FREDERICK ECKMAN MARK JEROME GABOUR KAREN JOAN GRIFFITH DAVID H. GUNBY THOMAS RAY KARR MARGUERITE GABOUR LAMPORT CLAUDIA...
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