Timeline of Austin, Texas

Coordinates: 30°15′N 97°45′W / 30.25°N 97.75°W / 30.25; -97.75
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Austin, Texas, USA.

19th century[edit]

1873 map of Austin
The Goddess of Liberty on the Texas State Capitol Grounds prior to installation on top of the capitol rotunda.

20th century[edit]

1900s-1940s[edit]

The Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin

1950s-1990s[edit]

The Armadillo World Headquarters
The Pennybacker Bridge

21st century[edit]

The Frost Bank Tower

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  7. ^ Philip A. Metzger (1986). "A Circulating Library in the Southwest: J. S. Penn in Austin, Texas". Journal of Library History. 21 (1): 228–239. JSTOR 25541689.
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  24. ^ Austin History Center. "Five Decades of Social Change: A Timeline". Desegregation in Austin. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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Bibliography[edit]

Published in 19th c.[edit]

  • "Austin". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. St. Louis: R.L. Polk & Co. 1884 – via Internet Archive.
  • Historical and descriptive review of the industries of Austin, Austin, Texas, 1885, OL 7026404M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Austin". Texas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Detroit: R.L. Polk & Co. 1890 – via Internet Archive.

Published in 20th c.[edit]

  • Directory of the City of Austin. Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co. 1912 – via University of North Texas Libraries.
  • Pearl Cashell Jackson (1915), Austin yesterday and today, Austin, Texas: E.L. Steck, OCLC 18393216, OL 6576381M
  • Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Austin", Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House
  • A.T. Jackson (1954). "Austin's Streetcar Era". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 58 (2): 235–248. JSTOR 30237667.
  • Larry Jay Gage (1960). "The City of Austin on the Eve of the Civil War". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 63 (3): 428–438. JSTOR 30240883.
  • Stuart MacCorkle, Austin's Three Forms of Government (San Antonio: Naylor, 1973).
  • Burnes St. Patrick Hollyman (1977). "First Picture Shows: Austin, Texas (1894 - 1913)". Journal of the University Film Association. 29 (3): 3–8. JSTOR 20687375.
  • Austin Human Relations Commission, Housing Patterns Study: Segregation and Discrimination in Austin, Texas (Austin, 1979).
  • Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Austin, TX", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, p. 36+, OL 4120668M
  • Paul D. Lack, "Slavery and Vigilantism in Austin, Texas, 1840–1860," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 85 (July 1981).
  • David C. Humphrey, Austin: An Illustrated History (Northridge, California: Windsor, 1985).
  • Anthony M. Orum, Power, Money and the People: The Making of Modern Austin (Austin: Texas Monthly Press, 1987).
  • David C. Humphrey, "A 'Muddy and Conflicting' View: The Civil War as Seen from Austin, Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 94 (January 1991).

Published in 21st c.[edit]

External links[edit]

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