david921866Feb 191 minTexas StatehoodOne hundred seventy-eight years ago, the City of Austin stopped at Noon on February 19, 1846. The town of several hundred residents and...
David A BowlesSep 25, 20231 minAustin’s First Capitol Building – 1839-1856In the spring of 1839, lumber for the first permanent Capitol of Texas had been cut and hauled from Bastrop to the building site at West...
David A BowlesAug 28, 20232 minAustin’s First Cabinet MakerLorenzo Van Cleve arrived in the spring of 1839, months before the town of Austin was founded. Newly elected President Mirabeau Lamar had...
David A BowlesFeb 19, 20231 min28th State is BornOne hundred seventy-seven years ago, the City of Austin stopped at Noon on February 19, 1846. The town of several hundred residents and...