david921866Feb 92 minAustin LyceumThe Austin Lyceum was granted a charter on February 5, 1841. The first charter issued for a learned society in the Republic of Texas. E....
David A BowlesAug 16, 20231 minJohn A. RowlandThe owner of the Taos Trading Post, John A. Rowland, paid sixty dollars in silver for the return of nine-year-old Fayette Smith. The boy...
Aimee RavichandranApr 14, 20231 minElnora’s BirthdayOn April 14, 1841, Elnora Van Cleve was born in a cabin near Sixth and Congress in Austin, Texas. She would be recorded as the first...
Aimee RavichandranJan 27, 20231 minJudge James W. SmithSearching for my earliest Austin family roots, I discovered this Austin Gazette article dated Jan 27, 1841. The old news story from...