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Here are five major historical events that happened in the Texas Hill Country.

1. First European Settlers Arrive in Present-Day Austin, 1730

A group of Spanish friars were the first European settlers to inhabit what is now Austin. They arrived from East Texas July 1730. They established three missions by the Colorado near presentday Barton Springs: La Purísima Concepción, San Francisco de los Neches and San José de los Nazonis. Ultimately, the friars found conditions undesirable and relocated to the San Antonio River within a year.

2. Austin Becomes Capital of the Republic of Texas, 1839

Before Austin became “Austin,” it was Waterloo. The first documented permanent settlement in Waterloo dates back to 1837 near where Shoal Creek and the Colorado River join. In 1837, the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, moved the capital to Houston. Before that, five different cities served as temporary capitals. Though by 1839, Waterloo was renamed Austin and the government of the Republic of Texas arrived to the city by oxcart.

3. Texas Archive War, 1842

In 1842, an innkeeper known as Angelina Eberly noticed archives being removed from Austin. President of the Republic of Texas Sam Houston had ordered the archives be moved back to Houston after Mexican troops invaded nearby. Eberly ran to a six-pound canon that was located on Congress Avenue and fired at the General Land Office. Her actions alerted the town of Houston’s order. The archives were returned to the city by Dec. 31, 1842. – Texas Hill Country website

Next week we’ll read about the last two.

We will be having Bible study on Tuesdays at the Verdi Community Center from 7-8 p.m.

Word for the week: “Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. – Sam Houston

TTFN (ta ta for now),

Gina Huizar verditxcc@gmail.com

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