USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Often called “The Father of Texas, ” Stephen F. Austin carved out his place in history by bringing thousands of settlers to Mexican Texas from the United States. By the time he died in December 1836, Austin had settled over 1, 500 families and built the foundation of what had just become the Republic of Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -A new city was built quickly in the wilderness, and was named after Stephen F. Austin, “the father of Texas.” Judge Edwin Waller, who was later to become the city’s first mayor, surveyed the site and laid out a street plan that has survived largely intact to this day.