When the Rains Came
As a young boy, during the drought of the 50’s, I remember walking across the dry Pedernales Riverbed from the Bowles Ranch to the Turner...
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David A. Bowles
David A Bowles
- May 3
- 1 min
Austin’s First Federal Buildings
In 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...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Joseph Lee – 1810-1891
Attorney Joseph Lee arrived in 1840 to Austin as the three centers of government, city, county and Republic of Texas, were being...
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David A Bowles
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Last Vice President of the Republic of Texas Dies
Kenneth Lewis Anderson of San Augustine County was elected to The Texas House of Representatives in 1841. A protégé of President Sam...
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Aimee Ravichandran
- Jan 27
- 1 min
Judge James W. Smith
Searching for my earliest Austin family roots, I discovered this Austin Gazette article dated Jan 27, 1841. The old news story from...
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David A Bowles
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Sam Houston’s Letter
This is a letter that Sam Houston wrote to his wife, Margaret the day after Fayette Smith was captured by Comanche Indians. Sam Houston...
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David A Bowles
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Spring House
The first book in the Westward Sagas was named Spring House because most of the important scenes in the story took place in a spring...
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David A Bowles
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Dr. Joseph William Robertson
Dr. Robertson, a First Footer of the new town of Austin, arrived in the fall of 1839. He represented Bastrop County in the fourth session...
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David A Bowles
- Jan 6
- 2 min
The Last Cattle Drive in Travis County
Family and friends gathered at the home of John W. Bowles on the Old Ferry Road in Spicewood, Texas. A drought in 1946 lowered Lake...
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David A Bowles
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Death of Austin’s First Daughter
On January 2, 1900, Elnora Van Cleve-Brown died at her home near the confluence of the Pedernales and Colorado Rivers in Travis County,...
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David A Bowles
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
An Empire Is Born
On a cold November day in 1838, Mirabeau Lamar discovered the location he desired to establish his empire.
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David A Bowles
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Architect Extraordinaire
Edwin Waller was to Austin as Pierre L’Enfant was to Washington D.C.; except Waller was not an architect of urban planning. Both designed...
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