From the Statesman archives: Austin started big as a national, even imperial, capital
Austin was carved from the wilderness to be a national, even imperial, capital. Innkeeper Angelina Eberly saved it.
Trump orders tariffs on Mexico and Canada — Texas’ biggest trading partners
The tariffs, which also target China, are scheduled to go into effect Tuesday. They prompted immediate efforts to retaliate.
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Marqu – or Margru – was one of the three young girls who were aboard the Amistad. In her portrait, she gently smiles – a glint of a personality that’s persevered despite the trauma of the voyage and ...
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Behind the walls of Texas' first mansion
On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa.