Austin placed his colony between the Colorado River and the Brazos River in Texas.
Santa Anna never "arrested" Stephen Austin. Santa Anna was defeated by Texan forces at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, and Santa Anna was captured the following morning. Austin was in New Orleans, Louisiana when that took place.
Yes, the capital of Texas is Austin.
He was known as the Father of Texas, led the second, but first legal and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. (see Wikipedia)
Austin, TX Austin's slogan is actually "KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD". Weird, huh?
"Christine" by Stephen King takes place in the state of Pennsylvania.
no it is a bad place
Austin, Texas has the largest warm weather colony (~1.5 million). Houston, Texas has the largest year-round, non-migrating colony. Edit: An area near San Antonio hosts a colony of 40 million, the largest in the world. And I don't see how Austin would have the largest warm weather colony if San Antonio isn't any cooler. Either way, Texas is the best place on Earth. In that same area there are other bat colonies and at night they all come out together to feast on moths. Their total population is around 100 million. Crazy, right?
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SXSW Interactive will take place on four "campuses" in Austin: Austin Convention Center, the Downtown Austin Hilton, the Courtyard by Marriott and the Radisson.
A place
Austin stands for ingenious. It is of Latin origin. It falls in the place name category. The variants of Austin are Austen and Awstin.