THE LIFE AND TIMES OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

Stephen F. Austin was given the title of "The Father of Texas" by Sam Houston for a very good reason. If Austin had not nutured Texas like his own child, Texas would probably not have grown into a nation and then a state within the United States.

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Part 1 - How It All Started
Part 2 - Going West...Again
Part 3 - A Change Of Ownership
Part 4 - Off To School
Part 5 - Meanwhile Back In Missouri
Part 6 - Enter The Villians
Part 7 - Back Home To Missouri
Part 8 - Starting Over
Part 9 - TEXAS?!
Part 10 - Starting A Colony
Part 11 - Mexico's Independence
Part 12 - The Work Begins
Part 13 - A Change of Goals
Part 14 - Mexico Doesn't Change But It Does
Part 15 - Having Their Say
Part 16 - Prison Changes Things
Part 17 - There Will Be War
Part 18 - And There Was War
Part 19 - The Republic of Texas
Part 20 - The Father of Texas

This series was completed May, 2009.