San Felipe in Austin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Stephen Fuller Austin

Stephen F. Austin Marker - Front image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, April 28, 2018

1. Stephen F. Austin Marker - Front

Inscription.
Stephen F. Austin • Father of Texas, November 3, 1793-December 27, 1836. He planted the first Anglo-American colony in Texas • "The Old Three Hundred"• In his several colonies he settled more than a thousand families. He was from 1823 until 1828 the actual ruler of Texas and thereafter its most influential leader. His own words are a fitting epitaph: "The prosperity of Texas has been the object of my labors • the idol of my existence • it has assumed the character of a religion • for the guidance of my thoughts and actions" • and he died in its service. No other state in the Union owes its existence more completely to one man than Texas does to Austin.

Erected by the State of Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the Federal government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas independence.

Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 248.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 29° 48.434′ N, 96° 5.866′ W. Marker is in San Felipe, Texas, in Austin County. It is on Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north

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of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located within the boundaries of the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 220 2nd Street, San Felipe TX 77473, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: John Bricker (a few steps from this marker); Early Roads To San Felipe (a few steps from this marker); Remembering San Felipe de Austin (a few steps from this marker); San Felipe de Austin Town Site (a few steps from this marker); Welcome to San Felipe de Austin (within shouting distance of this marker); Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas (within shouting distance of this marker); Austin's Colony: First Colony in Mexican Texas

Stephen F. Austin Marker - Rear image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, April 28, 2018

2. Stephen F. Austin Marker - Rear

(within shouting distance of this marker); San Felipe de Austin Colonial Well (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Felipe.

Also see . . . San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site. Texas Historical Commission website entry (Submitted on May 1, 2018.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2018, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 537 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2018, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.