Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas – Named After The Founder Of Texan Independence

Hamilton Historical Records

In the 1830s the first permanent Anglo settlers arrived, within the present area of Austin, Texas, and called their village Waterloo. In 1836, the first capital of the the Republic of Texas was established in the town of Columbia. In 1839, the tiny Waterloo was chosen to be the new capital of the Republic of Texas. A new city was built in the wilderness, and was named after Stephen Fuller Austin, “The Father of Texas.”

Painting of Stephen Fuller Austin.

Austin would serve as the capital of the Republic of Texas and of the State of Texas, after it was admitted to the United States on December 29, 1845.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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