Austin History

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Austin is not often associated with alligators. But gators do loom large in our local history.

This weekend marks 50 years since an event in Austin that no one has seen the likes of since. A concert so epic — and so messy — that if you remember it, maybe you weren’t really there.

Suzy González hopes to gather as many family photos and stories of Austin as she can to use as inspiration to paint a mural at the Austin History Center. She also hopes to create an archive to show how diverse Austin really is.

For some, Old Austin boiled down to a feeling. For others, it was a person, a band, a beer, a stage …

The store became a locus of Chicano organizing in the 1970s, welcoming Latino politicians like former state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos to conduct campaign events.

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.

Local newspaper archives show people have missed "Old Austin" as far back as 1884.

It seems like a simple question, with a simple answer. But there's more to it.

A group called Amigos de Parque Zaragoza is hosting a 90th anniversary celebration on Saturday for the park, which has served as a hub for the city's Mexican American community.