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    Stephen F. Austin was born in southwestern Virginia where his father, Moses,who was the lead mining and manufacturing in the United States.When Austin was five,his family Moses Austin developed the lead industry in Missouri.When Stephen was five he grew up when Stephen grew up he was sent back to east Connecticut and at the Transylvania University in Lexington,Kentucky.When Austin was 17 he returned to Missouri to start working with his father doing the operating a general store for mining.While

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    determination, his dream to settle 300 families in Texas was accomplished. His name was Moses Austin. His son, Stephen F. Austin, put his plan into action and helped hundreds of people. Today, The Old Three Hundred is known for being succeeded by inspiring and hardworking leaders: the father of Texas, Moses Austin, and his son, Stephen F. Austin, because of how they remarkably impacted the future of Texas. Moses Austin was engaged in mining, smelting, and lead manufacturing. In 1798 he established the town

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    popularity in Texas. The man they choose is Stephen F. Austin, who has much renown in the region. Austin has an outstanding knowledge in many areas, whom the people of Texas will always follow. They are always willing to listen to his advice on certain situations and topics. Austin’s history is what makes him the great man that people still believe and love. Today, he is seen as the Father of Texas because his work and dedication lead to its future growth. Stephen Austin was born on the Third of November

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    Did you ever do something hard just because your father asked you too? Stephen F. Austin did, he helped his father settle 300 families in Texas. Stephen F. Austin was born on November 3, 1793, in Virginia. He had a younger sister and brother. In 1804 when he was 11 years old, he began school, at Bacon Academy, and He studied subjects like English, grammar, math, and geography. Austin was pulled out of school by his father in April 1810, He began to help his father at the mine. In 1813 at the age

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    Many know Stephen F. Austin as the father of Texas, but not many know his experiences that led to this. Stephen F. Austin was the child of Moses and Maria Austin. He was born on the third of November in 1793, in Virginia. He and his family moved to Missouri, and by the age of eleven Stephen was sent off to Connecticut to attend a school called Bacon Academy. Stephen graduated with honors at the age of fourteen. He then spent two years at Transylvania University located in Lexington, Kentucky. Stephen

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    Stephen F. Austin being known as the father of Texas born in Wythe County, Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. At the age of eleven years, he attended school in Connecticut and later graduated with distinction from Transylvania University in Kentucky. In 1813, at the age of twenty-one years, he was elected to the territorial Legislature of Missouri, and was reelected to that position each year until 1819, when he moved to Arkansas. Meanwhile, Stephen's father, Moses Austin, received a grant

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    Known as “The Father of Texas”, Stephen Fuller Austin or Stephen F. Austin, fulfilled his father's dream of establishing the first Anglo American settlement in the Spanish owned the province of Texas. He accomplished many things in his life, such as winning the Texas freedom, going to law school, and was the president of Texas when it was it’s own country. Stephen F. Austin was born on November 3, 1793 at Austinville, Virginia. When he was at the age of five, he moved to Missouri. That is where

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    know who Stephen F. Austin is but do you really know who Stephen F. Austin is? Stephen Fuller Austin Most commonly known as Stephen F. Austin was a very successful man he was able to take over his father's dream of leading the first anglo american families to texas and build on it a make it into a great thing. Stephen F. Austin was born at the lead mines in Southwest Virginia on November 3 1793. When Stephen f. Austin was only five he and his family moved to missouri then when Stephen was about

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    early 1800s volunteers provided security services. They were mainly enrolled to watch over large factories and other buildings. They also want to watch over local shops. They would alarm people of fires and the occasional burglary. Around 1823, Stephen F. Austin created the Texas Rangers. They say this was not the official beginning of the Rangers, because some people questioned as to whether they were actually employed as Rangers. Originally they only had around ten men to protect close to one thousand

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    Stephen F. Austin is a beautiful school surrounded by tall pine trees and lakes. With the small population of students that attend this university compared to, for example, the University of Texas, most students and parents would not suspect that many crimes occur on campus. Stephen F. Austin is not high on the crime list compared to other universities, but it is not completely sound either. Last year, around the spring semester, there were several rumored cases of young women being beaten by an

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