Seat of empire
Kerr, Jeffrey Stuart, 1957-
Seat of empire the embattled birth of Austin, Texas / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey Stuart Kerr. - Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - The Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mirabeau Lamar's buffalo -- The nomadic government -- False start -- The raven and the poet -- Selecting a site -- Waterloo -- Road to Austin -- Building a city -- "There will be a public sale of lots" -- Lamar's triumph -- The fourth congress -- Frontier capital -- Moccasin tracks -- The pig war -- Fiasco -- Return of the raven -- Chaos -- Desolation -- Salvation.
"The history of the controversial founding of Austin as the capital of Texas"--Provided by publisher.
9780896727830 0896727831
Texas--Capital and capitol--History.
Austin (Tex.)--History.
Electronic books.
F394.A957 / K475 2013
976.4/31
Seat of empire the embattled birth of Austin, Texas / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey Stuart Kerr. - Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - The Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mirabeau Lamar's buffalo -- The nomadic government -- False start -- The raven and the poet -- Selecting a site -- Waterloo -- Road to Austin -- Building a city -- "There will be a public sale of lots" -- Lamar's triumph -- The fourth congress -- Frontier capital -- Moccasin tracks -- The pig war -- Fiasco -- Return of the raven -- Chaos -- Desolation -- Salvation.
"The history of the controversial founding of Austin as the capital of Texas"--Provided by publisher.
9780896727830 0896727831
Texas--Capital and capitol--History.
Austin (Tex.)--History.
Electronic books.
F394.A957 / K475 2013
976.4/31