Capitals of Texas part 2: Houston and Austin go to War! (ep. 5)

Wise About Texas

Ken Wise

Texan, Places & Travel, Education, Texas, Cowboy, History, Society & Culture, Culture, Jacinto, Texans, San

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Houston was the capital of Texas, but not for long. After the capital moved to the new town of Austin, President Sam Houston kept trying to move it again...leading to an armed conflict and a cannon fired on Congress Avenue! The only question is whether the war is really over... Angelina Eberly statue on Congress Ave. in Austin The original capitol building in Austin, 1839 The first capitol building in Houston, 1837, on Texas Ave. at Main St. Sam Houston's first residence as President of the Republic of Texas. Located Caroline St. in Houston Historical marker for the first Houston, Texas.

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0:00.0	How do you? Howdy and welcome to Wise About Texas, the Texas History Podcast.
0:19.2	First of all, I want to thank everyone for a continued tremendous response to this podcast. Hundreds of folks are enjoying it and spreading the stories of Texas history.
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0:40.2	Why's About Texas. That's at wise about Texas. I love telling these stories and I hope
0:45.4	that you'll help me preserve Texas history. Now in response to a listener suggestion I
0:51.1	decided to do a show on the capitals of Texas, but quickly discovered
0:55.2	that it needed to be two episodes.
0:57.2	In the first episode, you learned about the travels of the provisional government, before
1:01.1	and right after Texas won independence and how several places could
1:04.7	have been considered a capital of the Republic of Texas. Washington on the Brasmus, the Bernardo Plantation, Harrisburg, the Texian Army camp at San Jacinto, Galveston, Velasco, and Columbia
1:16.8	were all headquarters for the new government at one point in time. The first
1:21.1	legislature convened at Columbia and within two months had already voted to move the capital,
1:27.0	this time to the new city of Houston.
1:30.0	So let's go back to 1836 and get wise about Texas.
1:35.0	Before we get to the city of Houston as the capital,
1:38.0	I've got to start with one of those side stories that this show is becoming famous for.
1:42.0	Did you know that the city of Houston, the president, side stories that this show is becoming famous for.
1:42.8	Did you know that the city of Houston, the present day city,
1:45.6	was not the first town in Texas named Houston?
1:48.5	I didn't know that until I was researching this episode.
1:51.0	It turns out that in 1835, 500 acres was donated by Joseph
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