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The Treaty Oak is a Texas live oak tree in Austin, Texas, United States, and the last surviving member of the Council Oaks, a grove of 14 trees that served as a sacred meeting place for Comanche and Tonkawa tribes before European colonization of the area. Foresters estimate the Treaty Oak to be about 500 years old.
According to local folklore, Stephen F. Austin, the "father of Texas" for whom the new capital city was named, negotiated a boundary treaty with the local Native Americans at the site of the present-day Treaty Oak after a few settlers were killed in raids. [22]
Items related to Austin, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Austin". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin. Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: Texas". Bibliographies and Guides.
Treaty Oak, at least 500 years old, is associated with Native Americans. It was poisoned badly in 1989 and has been recently wounded. Once poisoned Treaty Oak, an Austin landmark, treated for ...
Treaty Oak may refer to: Treaty Oak (Austin, Texas), extant; Treaty Oak (Jacksonville), in Florida, extant; Treaty Oak (New York City), toppled in a storm in March 1909; Treaty Oak (Washington, D.C.), felled in 1953
The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.. The block was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is considered one of the few remaining upper-class Victorian neighborhoods of the middle to late nineteenth century in Texas. [2]
Long before the Texas Revolution, parts of the state were briefly considered in U.S. territory, all stemming from the Louisiana Purchase. Bridges: 1819 treaty led to modern-day boundaries of East ...
An 1843 treaty signed in the Republic of Texas sparks a tribal authenticity debate Graham Lee Brewer and Tristan Ahtone and Joshua Eaton October 27, 2021 at 5:24 AM