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Austin Timeline
1835 Jacob Harrell settles along Waller, Shoal,
and Barton Creeks and calls the settlement Waterloo. 1841 French Legation is built. 1850 A voter referendum ensures Austins
status as state capital. 1860 Population has grown from 856 to 3,494
citizens. 1871 The railroads arrive. 1880 Austin citizens vote to establish a public
school system. 1892 Elisabet Ney, Texas first eminent
sculptor, builds her Hyde Park studio. 1905 City streets are paved with brickCongress
Avenue is the first. 1924 City charter is written. 1952 Austins first television station,
Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnsons KTBC-TV, takes to the air. Back to Austin Travel Guide |
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