Lamar became president of Texas, the capital was moved to a Central Texas settlement on the Colorado River named Waterloo, later renamed in honor of Stephen F. Austin. Although Austin became the ...

The bill from Houston-area Republican state Rep. Briscoe Cain isn't the first attempt to undermine local control in Austin.

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Texas — Austin is blessed with some remarkable public land, including 515 city parks, and the largest and best known of them all – Zilker Park – lies in the very heart of the Capital City.