Rivers and cities of Texas With a Comparison to Austin Streets Kristi Fleming Murchison Middle School Fall 2012

The Streets of Austin After receiving a land grant from the Mexican government in 1831, Edwin Waller was arrested by the Mexican government at Velasco for refusing to pay duties on his cotton. He then fought at the Battle of Velasco in 1832, represented Columbia at the Consultation of 1835, served as a delegate at the Convention of 1836. In 1839, Lamar (the new president of the Texas Republic), chose Waller to lay out the streets and build the public buildings in the new capital of Texas… Austin. He became Austin’s first mayor in 1840.

An 1873 illustration of Edwin Waller's layout for Austin (34 years later) http://worldinourmailbox.blogspot.com/2012/06/austin-texas.html

Downtown Austin Streets Streets of Downtown Austin Downtown Austin Streets _Rio Grande St.______ _Sabine St.__________ _Red River St.________ _Neches St. _________ _Nueces St. _________ _Trinity St. __________ _San Jacinto St. ______ _Brazos St. __________ Congress Ave. 9. _Colorado St. ________ 0._Lavaca St. __________ 1._Guadalupe St. ______ 2._San Antonio St. _____ West Ave. Rio Grande St. Nueces St. San Antonio St. Congress Ave. Red River St. Guadalupe St. Lavaca St. Colorado St. San Jacinto St. Neches St. Brazos St. East Ave. Trinity St. Sabine St. The streets that run north/south in downtown Austin are named after rivers of Texas. The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna The “river streets” are not only named after rivers of Texas, they are in mostly the same order as the actual rivers of Texas.

Major Rivers of Texas Rivers of Texas _Rio Grande_______ _Red River________ _Sabine River_____ _Neches River_____ _Nueces River_____ _Trinity River______ _San Jacinto River__ _Brazos River______ _Colorado River____ _Lavaca River______ _Guadalupe River__ _San Antonio River_ **_Pecos River_____ **_Canadian River__ ** - These two rivers are not streets in downtown Austin Canadian River Red River Brazos River Trinity River Colorado River Neches River San Jacinto River Sabine River Pecos River Guadalupe River San Antonio River Rio Grande Nueces River The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna Lavaca River

How am I EVER going to remember all those rivers for the quiz????? Label the border rivers FIRST (they should be the easiest!) Label the “Two N” rivers NEXT… Neches R. and Nueces R. (remember- they are alphabetical from east to west) Learn this saying to remember the rest of the rivers. If you use the first letter of each of these words, they should help you remember the rivers from east to west The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna Fill in the last two rivers (Pecos and Canadian) last

Important Texas Cities _Austin__________ _El Paso__________ _Laredo__________ _Brownsville_______ _Corpus Christi_____ _Galveston________ _Houston_________ _Dallas___________ 9. _Fort Worth________ 0._Amarillo_________ 1. _Lubbock_________ 2. _San Antonio______ Canadian River Amarillo Red River Lubbock Fort Worth Dallas Brazos River Trinity River El Paso Colorado River Neches River San Jacinto River Sabine River Pecos River Austin Guadalupe River San Antonio River Houston Galveston San Antonio Rio Grande Nueces River Corpus Christi Laredo Lavaca River Brownsville

Bays of the Texas Coast Bay: a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf