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Why over 15,000,000 people can’t be wrong!

03.06.2012 · Posted in Travel Articles

Once when Republic of Tx Vice President Mirabeau B. Lamar visited his pal Jacob Harrell for a hunting trip, he fell in love with the countryside and so on a sunny Fall day in 1838 he stated that, “This should be the seat of future government.”n Once he became president of the Republic of Texas shortly thereafter, he began construction on a new Capitol in May 1839. He transferred the the capitol from Houston to Austin (named after Stephen F. Austin who was responsible for settling the town with English colonists in 1821. Austin at that time was merely a modest settlement, but in August of 1839 building lots in the newly platted metropolis were sold. nSince then Austin has developed into a attractive metropolis and is known as The Live Music Capitol of the World

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