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Austin History Center active. [30] Austin Children's Museum established. [31] Sister city relationship established with Adelaide, Australia. [25] 1984 – St. Michael's Catholic Academy established. 1985 Austin Film Society organized. Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival begins. 1986 Austin Lyric Opera founded.
The first European settlers in the present-day Austin were a group of Spanish friars who arrived from East Texas in July 1730. They established three temporary missions, La Purísima Concepción, San Francisco de los Neches and San José de los Nazonis, on a site by the Colorado River, near Barton Springs.
The Austin History Center is the local history collection of the Austin Public Library and the city's historical archive. The building opened as the official Austin Public Library in 1933 and served as the main library until 1979, [ 2 ] when library functions moved to the John Henry Faulk Library, a newer facility next door.
South Point is a census-designated place in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2010 census , [ 3 ] up from 1,118 at the 2000 census . Part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area , South Point is the southernmost census designated place in the state of Texas.
First things first about Austin street names. My Sept. 3 "Austin Answered" column presented a primer of sorts on major east-west and north-south streets that run through the historic core of ...
The Bullock Texas State History Museum (often referred to as the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum or Bullock Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas.The museum, located a few blocks north of the Texas State Capitol at 1800 North Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, is dedicated to interpreting the continually unfolding "Story of Texas" to the broadest possible audience through ...
The big date is sneaking up on us. On March 2, 2036, Texas will celebrate the bicentennial of its independence from Mexico. For its 100th birthday, back in 1936, parties rippled across the state ...
The center has evolved to become a collecting and exhibiting center for photography, prints, and non-traditional art and has widened the visibility of the Austin cultural scene. [3] The South Austin Museum of Popular Culture is an independent resource available to those who want to learn more about the Austin's cultural history and is not ...