San Antonio River

Stephen Fuller Austin,son of Moses and Maria (Brown) Austin, was born at the lead mines in southwestern Virginia on November 3, 1793. In 1798, at age 4, his family moved to other lead mines in southeastern Missouri. There Austin grew to the age of ten, when his father then sent him to Bacon Academy school in Connecticut, from which he went to Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky for two years. After graduating in 1810, he then stayed with Joseph H. Hawkins and began studying to be a lawyer

is 1,7 million. In 1839, the village named Waterloo was renamed in Austin, in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin - a man who played an important role in the history of Texas. In 1846, Austin became the capital of Texas. Austin stands on the Colorado River. Within the city, the dyke was built, which forms the Lady Bird Johnson Lake, named in honor of the wife of President Johnson. The area around the Lady Bird Johnson Lake is one of the most prestigious in the city; on both sides there are numerous hotels

water to the cities around the United States today. The Roman’s modern engineering used vast aqueducts for the irrigation system to supply water through pipes, ditches, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose of transporting water from the rivers, canals, and laterals to receive water resources (Ghose, 2015). Therefore, the Romans removed waste from the water using a sewage system, which is released into nearby bodies of water, keeping the towns clean and free from harmful waste (Crystalinks

name as a short form of La Bahía del Espíritu Santo, or Bay of the Holy Spirit, now called Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay, bounded by present Calhoun, Victoria, Jackson, and Matagorda counties. (In 1519 Alonso Álvarez de Pineda called the Mississippi River the Río del Espíritu Santo, and others extended the name to the bay.) The official application of the name to Matagorda and Lavaca bays occurred during the Spanish search for the French colony planted by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. 2.The

Stephen Fuller Austin: A Texas Hero (1793-1836) It was November 3rd, 1793 in Wythe County, Virginia when Stephen Fuller Austin, son of Moses Austin, known as "The Father of Texas" was born. Austin attended school in Connecticut as a child and graduated from Transylvania University in Kentucky. In 1813, Austin was elected to the Legislature of Missouri and was reelected to that same position for three years until he moved to Arkansas. He was chosen

Mission San Antonio de Valero, named for St. Anthony of Padua, on the banks of the San Antonio River around 1718. They also established the nearby military garrison of San Antonio de Béxar, which soon became the center of a settlement known as San Fernando de Béxar (later renamed San Antonio). The Mission San Antonio de Valero housed missionaries and their Native American converts for some 70 years until 1793, when Spanish authorities secularized the five missions located in San Antonio and distributed

respects. Your affectionate father. Farewell.” These are final lines in a letter written by David (Davey) Crockett, to his daughter and son-in-law in the weeks leading up to the thirteen-day siege by President General Antonio of the Alamo Mission near modern day San Antonio. At some point during the siege: Crockett, James Bowie, William Travis and a disputed one-hundred and eighty to two-hundred and sixty men would give their lives in defense of the small, former Spanish Mission against a wildly

In the recent decade, the Dallas Cowboys have bounced back and forth between locations for their annual training camp. In 2001, the Cowboys held part of their training camp at the River Ridge Sports Complex in Oxnard, CA while also training in Wichita Falls. 2002-2003: Dallas moved South to the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. At this time they chose to move due to the style of housing and less mischief; moving from dorms to luxury rooms in hotels and moving to a city with more of a nightlife.

after six and a half enduring months of ceaseless brawls. The colonization of Texas first began with Stephen F. Austin, whom is also recognized as the Father of Texas. Stephen began the uprising for self-reliance against the Army of Mexico, led by Antonio López de Santa Anna, when he proposed opening up Texas to a swamp of immigrants. This action of his branched off throughout the years into countless battles for the Lonestar state to become individualistic. The first battle of the Revolution was the

San Antonio Zoo Wow! That’s so cool. How many are there? The date is July 14 and we started our day about 8:30 am. We had plans to go to zoo at 11. My whole family was going. First we went to go eat breakfast. Then we went back to the hotel to get ready. Now we're ready to head off to the San Antonio Zoo. At first it wasn't that cool. There were basic zoo animals then there were some cool ones like Caribbean Flamingos, bears and their snake collection was amazing. The first animals my sister and