Entries from January 2008

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

What’s Up In Austin?

Austin Texas is an expanding and exciting city that has much going on to interest any home buyers. Austin has continued to show it’s dedication to the future of it’s citizens and residents. Austin is known to be a country leader in stable and strong real estate. There are a number of exciting projects going […]

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Austin: Geography

Austin is located at 30°16′N 97°45′W / 30.267, -97.75  and is approximately 541 feet (165 m) above sea level. According to the 2000 census, the city has a total area of 258.4 square miles (669 km²). 251.5 square miles (651 km²) of it is land and 6.9 square miles (18 km²) (2.67%) is water.
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008

History of Austin, Texas

Two of the oldest Paleolithic archeological sites in Texas, the Levi Rock Shelter and Smith Rock Shelter, are located southwest and southeast of present-day Austin. For several hundred years before the arrival of European settlers, the area was inhabited by a variety of nomadic Native American tribes. These indigenous peoples fished and hunted along […]