S T E P H E N F. A U S T I N S T A T E PA R K | TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
Get Outside Stephen F. Austin State Park offers visitors a view at the Cradle of Texas Liberty PHOTOGRAPHY EMILY HENDERSON
The San Felipe de Austin Corporation deeded Stephen the historic town of San Felipe. San Felipe was the seat of F. Austin State Park to the state in 1940. The park government of the Anglo-American colonies in Texas. opened the same year. Colonization Settling Texas From 1824 to 1836, San Felipe de Austin was the capital The park is on the Brazos River, near an old ferry of the American colonies in Texas. It was also the social, crossing. It is part of the Commercio Plaza de San economic and political center. Felipe; our front entrance is a mile from the center of
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