Texas History (Austin, San Benito, Angleton: university, live, to move)

[CptnRn]

In another thread:

Originally Posted by oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots

On a more serious note it will be interesting to see/read about, (and I will go to your wonderful libraries) the migration pattern for Texas and it's history. As much as I do not want to move there (partly because I don't really think it's all live and let live as people lay claim to) I cannot help but be excited about learning the history of Texas.

... I'll be learning about Texas and who it really belongs to. And, I can be pretty certain it doesn't belong to the posters of city data but then again...I've been wrong before.

I highly recommend "Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans" by T. R. Fehrenbach, it is a very enjoyable, informative and interesting read. Originally published in 1968, it was republished in 2000. It begins with a history of the Amerinds.

Amazon.com: Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans: T.R. Fehrenbach: Books

T. R. Fehrenbach, born Theodore Reed Fehrenbach on January 12, 1925 in San Benito, Texas, is an American author and former head of the Texas Historical Commission. He graduated from Princeton University in 1947, and has published at least 18 non-fiction books, including best seller Lonestar: A History of Texas and Texans and This Kind of War, about the Korean War. Although he served as a combat officer during the Korean War, his own service is not mentioned in the book. Fehrenbach has also written for Esquire, The Atlantic, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Republic. He is known as an authority on Texas, Mexico and the Comanche people.

You might also be interested in this http://texasfolkloresociety.org/

Since Austin was one of the first colonies settled in Texas, it figures greatly in the history of the state, and many of the oldest folk tales are based on events that occured in the Austin area.

[HappyTexan]

Here's a nice link on Texas history..easy to look up towns/cities and read a blurb on it:
Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online

[love roses]

Also, the area I grew up in...Brazoria, West Columbia, etc...One of Stephen F. Austins first colonies in the State. In fact, he's buried in the area I believe. I remember a junior high field trip we went on and we went to the cemetery to see his gravesite.

[doctorjef]

Isn't Stephen F Austin buried in the TX State Cemetary on the east side of I-35? There's a big monument to him there and a tablet with an inscription. I've got a picture of it I took years ago. I still recall that the last line of the inscription is "He was the founder of a mighty commonwealth."

[doctorjef]

Here's a picture of the gravesite at the TX State Cemetary in east Austin: Stephen F. Austin Grave (picture)

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by love roses

Also, the area I grew up in...Brazoria, West Columbia, etc...One of Stephen F. Austins first colonies in the State. In fact, he's buried in the area I believe. I remember a junior high field trip we went on and we went to the cemetery to see his gravesite.

Interesting, I did not realize he also founded Brazoria. His body must have been moved, the wiki says he died in West Columbia, TX and

Austin's body was re-interred in 1910 in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

Stephen F. Austin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[love roses]

I'm not sure he founded the actual town of Brazoria, but one of his settlements was very nearby along the Brazos river. Maybe it was a monument that we saw because, even though I am not a little youngster, 1910 was way before my time

[doctorjef]

Actually, if you read the text beneath the photo on the link I provided, he was indeed originally buried in Brazoria until 1910 when his remains were moved to Austin. So you probably saw a marker demarcating the original gravesite.

[love roses]

I was looking at wiki and maybe it was the monument in Angleton that we saw.

[love roses]

[quote=doctorjef;9276470]Actually, if you read the text beneath the photo on the link I provided, he was indeed originally buried in Brazoria until 1910 when his remains were moved to Austin. So you probably saw a marker demarcating the original gravesite.[/QUOT

O.K! Thanks for mentioning that. I was starting to wonder about my memory for a minute there.