Austin Auction Oaks LbNA #67824 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | Oct 25, 2014 |
| Location: | TX State Cemetery |
| City: | Austin |
| County: | Travis |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Bloomin' Gramma Jo |
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| Last found: | Jan 19, 2015 |
| Status: | FFaaaa |
| Last edited: | Sep 22, 2015 |
*** Part of my Famous Trees Of TX Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: alive
Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
On January 14, 1839, when the city of Houston was the capitol of the Republic of Texas, an Act of the Texas Congress directed President Mirabeau B. Lamar to select the site for a new capitol at a point between the Trinidad and Colorado Rivers. Lamar's Capitol Commission chose Waterloo as the site and Judge Edwin Waller, a veteran of the War for Texan Independence, was appointed as agent for the Republic. His charge was to lay out the capital city, which was to be named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, set aside the most valuable lots for the capital and governmental buildings, and sell not more than half of the remaining lots at public auction. In the shade of these live oaks Sheriff Charles King of Bastrop, acting as auctioneer, sold 301 city lots for a total of $182,585, and the oaks became known as the Auction Oaks. You can still enjoy the shade of the central auction oak in Republic Square Park, and you can find this letterbox in the Texas State Cemetery near the grave of Edwin Waller.
Directions:
From I35 go west on 6th street about 1 mile to Guadalupe street, turn left and go 2 blocks to 4th street and Republic Square park on the right. Park where you can or drive by park on 4th street to see main Auction Oak with boardwalk around it. To get to the letterbox, go north to 7th street and turn right for about 1 mile, going under I35, to Navasota street and turn left. Turn right on 11th street then right into the Texas State Cemetery and go straight to back of cemetery with Republic Hill and Stephen F. Austin statue on right.
Clues:
Walk to back of SFA statue and go 30 steps behind it to grave of Judge Edwin Waller. Go right and a little back 10 steps to large cedar tree. LB is within cavity of trunk under leaves. Please cover well and be discreet.
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 100 yards RT)
Status: alive
Texans are fortunate to have such a rich and colorful historic heritage and trees which serve as witnesses to some of these historic events. Texas has also been blessed with trees famous for being the largest of their kind in America. "Famous Trees Of Texas" is a book written in 1970 by the Texas Forest Service that describes these trees, and this series will take you to some of them.
On January 14, 1839, when the city of Houston was the capitol of the Republic of Texas, an Act of the Texas Congress directed President Mirabeau B. Lamar to select the site for a new capitol at a point between the Trinidad and Colorado Rivers. Lamar's Capitol Commission chose Waterloo as the site and Judge Edwin Waller, a veteran of the War for Texan Independence, was appointed as agent for the Republic. His charge was to lay out the capital city, which was to be named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, set aside the most valuable lots for the capital and governmental buildings, and sell not more than half of the remaining lots at public auction. In the shade of these live oaks Sheriff Charles King of Bastrop, acting as auctioneer, sold 301 city lots for a total of $182,585, and the oaks became known as the Auction Oaks. You can still enjoy the shade of the central auction oak in Republic Square Park, and you can find this letterbox in the Texas State Cemetery near the grave of Edwin Waller.
Directions:
From I35 go west on 6th street about 1 mile to Guadalupe street, turn left and go 2 blocks to 4th street and Republic Square park on the right. Park where you can or drive by park on 4th street to see main Auction Oak with boardwalk around it. To get to the letterbox, go north to 7th street and turn right for about 1 mile, going under I35, to Navasota street and turn left. Turn right on 11th street then right into the Texas State Cemetery and go straight to back of cemetery with Republic Hill and Stephen F. Austin statue on right.
Clues:
Walk to back of SFA statue and go 30 steps behind it to grave of Judge Edwin Waller. Go right and a little back 10 steps to large cedar tree. LB is within cavity of trunk under leaves. Please cover well and be discreet.