Show X a S aaice it world car atal p aust as seat of government me ine time independent of texas VOYS AYS AND everything 41 dishington hington was little more silage of mud mild streets be 1836 1846 austin was pilar world capital agton 1 I C Aust austin ln third y to be imperiled by the nature in little more than a played un an important but not known part in american lils ills faa bulletin from the nasli ash ac C headquarters of the na 16 graphic society I 1 in n regard pital ital of 0 texas teas the outskirts were struck by a cyclone War washington hington capital of the antes was little more than a t mud streets between says the bulletin austin allar ellar world capital the seat chient of the independent re he which for ten years ears B the fellow nation of the baies tales ministers and special fere ere accredited to the re ithe fttie united states and half ir more of the lending leading nations e and the forms and ameni orld ald diplomacy were nere tarried carried tillou sly in the little capital ot of the legations have been ft now to make way for mod but traditions still ftp lil efforts arts of the french and listers to gain the alie greater ith the young republic and hf ulness of the represents 1 united states to see that les were created to favill tack ck on the monroe doctrine duc trine i i i sr of some of the lie families I 1 I 1 komats are residents of the i like district of columbia it ie district of columbia atis alls located by special corials aged lo 10 0 o select a creditable he future seat of the re vern ern ment tills was tin lin ater fter independence had been lesico they chose a tract dorado river among gently 3 Is just below chere acre the idaka from a range of low IB S so 0 1 the lie modern city set on I 1 ti sl 1 heights e bights has tor for a backli Lil great sweep of purple hills v greatly to its scenic attra N ise hills have a more c hect than that of a cletur lee jang ing fur the alie capital of texas geologic logic times a tremendous occurred which for formed ineda 1 for miles across texas t iane of the eastern edge of w grounded rounded hills this is the fast becoming a ace ce term in financial dilong dislong its line haie hae been dis fearly aly all of the great texas phat at have spouted in ind tire are belr belr millions illions la of bairens ot of serves a memory of othe the lie ile to enter the united he name of its gress avenue along tills e were situated the lie con alls its of the nation at the lavenue sa avenue venue on n the file rest of ng g hill is the present irate architecture like that of ft state capitols Is lur bunely fely om the capitol at washing 18 8 almost as extensive beest est of the 48 state houses eang ing a sovereign nation yone oae of nf fit the states to reit self its public domain one of 0 the important state functions therefore has been the maintenance of a land like that of the federal government ern ment the state capitol Is a monument of tills this unique condition for the state was able to obtain its huge government building without the expenditure of a cent of money by bartering to a construction syndicate a tract of acres this was a negligible portion of the public domain though I 1 it covered hn an area more than twice the size of delaware it was kept intact fur for ears cars liy by its private owners and constituted the most extensive cattle ranch in existence has huge dam the present day austin Is credited alth a resident population of but the presence of students of file state university find and the inmates of more than half a dozen state ansti carries the total du during ing the licater el enter 1 part art of the year cluse clos to the murk mark A across ross the gorge of the colorado river juba west of austin Is one of the largest of Ainer lenn dims which forms in the mountain rimmed cannon on it lake inke 30 miles lung long it ans constructed ted by bv the municipality ns as a source of and nal power but with the numerous mountain streams emptying into it it constitutes constitute a a popular playground as i well ell the breaking of file dam a decade and a half ago la Is the only other natural calamity that tills lias befallen the city the losses were confined con lined to the alier bot bottoms tonis since sinca then the structure has been replaced and heigh heightened bened |