RIVERS AND CITIES OF TEXAS

With a Comparison to Austin Streets Connor Stefka Murchison Middle School

The Streets of Austin

After receiving a land grant from the Mexican government in 1831, Edwin Waller was arrested by the Mexican government at Velasco for refusing to pay duties on his cotton. He then fought at the Battle of Velasco in 1832, represented Columbia at the Consultation of 1835, served as a delegate at the Convention of 1836.

In 1839, Lamar (the new president of the Texas Republic), chose Waller to lay out the streets and build the public buildings in the new capital of Texas… Austin.

He became Austin’s first mayor in 1840.

An 1873 illustration of Edwin Waller's layout for Austin (34 years later)

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Streets of Downtown Austin

Downtown Austin Streets

1. _Rio Grande St.______

2. _Sabine St.__________

3. _Red River St.________

4. _Neches St. _________ 5. _Nueces St. _________ 6. _Trinity St. __________ 7. _San Jacinto St. ______ 8. _Brazos St. __________

Congress Ave.

9. _Colorado St. ________ 10._Lavaca St. __________ 11._Guadalupe St. ______ 12._San Antonio St. _____ The streets that run north/south in downtown Austin are named after rivers of Texas.

The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna

The “river streets” are not only named after rivers of Texas, they are in mostly the

same order as the actual rivers of Texas.

Major Rivers of Texas

The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna

Rivers of Texas

1. _Rio Grande_______ 2. _Red River________ 3. _Sabine River_____ 4. _Neches River_____ 5. _Nueces River_____ 6. _Trinity River______ 7. _San Jacinto River__ 8. _Brazos River______ 9. _Colorado River____ 10. _Lavaca River______ 11. _Guadalupe River__ 12. _San Antonio River_ 13. **_Pecos River_____ 14. **_Canadian River__ ** - These two rivers are not streets in downtown Austin

How am I EVER going to remember all those rivers for the quiz?????

• • • • Label the border rivers FIRST (they should be the easiest!) Label the “Two N” rivers NEXT… Neches R. and Nueces R. (remember- they are alphabetical from east to west) Learn this saying to remember the rest of the rivers. If you use the first letter of each of these words, they should help you remember the rivers from east to west • The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna Fill in the last two rivers (Pecos and Canadian) last

Important Texas Cities

El Paso Amarillo Lubbock Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Austin Houston Laredo Corpus Christi Brownsville Important Texas Cities

1. _Austin__________ 2. _El Paso__________ 3. _Laredo__________ 4. _Brownsville_______ 5. _Corpus Christi_____ 6. _Galveston________ 7. _Houston_________ 8. _Dallas___________ 9. _Fort Worth________ 10._Amarillo_________

11. _Lubbock_________