On Fort Chriswell Road (U.S. 52) just north of Lead Mine Road (Virginia Route 69). Reported missing.
Near Austinville, five miles west, was born Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas", November, 1793. He began his colonization work in 1821. — — Map (db m24971) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.2 miles north of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m116925) HM
On Farm to Market 1458 0.2 miles 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
Replica of
Stephen F. Austin's Cabin
This structure is a replica of the only Texas home of Stephen F. Austin, “Father of Texas.” The chimney contains bricks from original (1828) cabin. Other materials were made as . . . — — Map (db m156552) HM
Near Oil Field Road (County Route 467) 0.5 miles east of Texas Highway 36W, on the right when traveling east.
A member of Austin's colony, 1829. Soldier in the Battle of Velasco; delegate to the General Convention, 1832; chief justice of Brazoria County, 1836. In this home, built about 1830, Stephen F. Austin died, December 27, 1836 — — Map (db m78618) HM
Near Navasota Street near East 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Virginia in 1793, he brought the first 300 Anglo-American colonists to Texas in 1821. Austin became known as the "Father of Texas."
Shortly after his appointment as Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas, Austin died of . . . — — Map (db m82286) HM