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Intro to Austin’s history

by The 100 Companies

In the (almost) 200 years since the small colony that would become Austin was chartered, the city has evolved at a quick clip. These jumping-off points offer further insight:

City in a Garden by Andrew M. Busch takes a fascinating look at the parallel paths of environmental transformations and racial justice in 20th-century Austin.

Keeping Austin Weird: A Guide to the (still) Odd Side of Town by native Red Wassenich will delight folks keen on all things quirky. Cathedral of Junk, anyone??

Longhorn Football by Bobby Hawthorne chronicles the long-standing tradition that’s been unfurling on the UT Austin gridiron since 1893.

– Hannah Van Sickle, The Austin 100

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