But for the first time in years, the Stephen F. Austin statue was the focus of civic attention. City officials and civic club leaders talked about a replacement. A volunteer committee was convened.

Stephen F. Austin still watches over the coastal plains. South of Angleton, near where an approximately 60-foot-tall statue of the Father of Texas stands, Austin landed with his first colonists ...

ANGLETON - The biggest boots ever to step into Brazoria County were put in place Thursday in honor of the man who most agree had the biggest shoes to fill. They were the boots and legs of a 62 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — An iconic sculpture that has graced Congress Avenue for years has returned. "Nightwing" by Dale Whistler has ...

So Moses Austin was the father of “the Father of Texas,” as Stephen F. Austin has been called (overlooking the Indigenous, Spanish and Mexican people who preceded his colonists).

The statue of Robert E. Lee that the city of Dallas took down in 2017 was unveiled by President Franklin D ... Stephen Austin’s views on slavery were complex and nuanced like ...

More Austin history: From the Statesman archives: Newcomers did not control Indigenous Texas for centuries Because this column is dedicated to our city's past, it concentrates today on Stephen F ...

Early morning sunlight illuminates the 18 foot tall concrete sculptures Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington created by Houston artist David Adickes at American ...

So where should we put a statue of Stephen F. Austin, Texas’s first successful developer? Austin created the first Anglo colony in what is now the Lone Star State. Nearly 200 years ago, the man ...

More Austin history: From the Statesman archives: Newcomers did not control Indigenous Texas for centuries Because this ...