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History of Northwest Austin

Anderson High School to display rare copy of Declaration of Independence

By Community Impact Newspaper Staff Thursday, 28 January 2010 06:55

One of 25 surviving copies of a rare broadside of the US Declaration of Independence is scheduled to be on display in North Austin’s Anderson High School, 8403 Mesa Drive, on Feb. 5. Community members will be able to view, for free, this historic document from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Film locations throughout Austin

By Kelsey Wilkinson Friday, 23 October 2009 07:52

Some of the most famous scenes from Hollywood blockbusters were filmed in Austin. Look for elements from the locations below the next time you pop in one of these DVDs.

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L.C. Anderson High School

By Melissa Mixon Friday, 25 September 2009 09:58

School’s history rooted in racial segregation

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Limestone quarries

Friday, 24 July 2009 09:19

Austin White Lime Company and Balcones Escarpment

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Coxville Zoo

By Tiffany Young Friday, 22 May 2009 11:52

Those who lived in Austin between 1946 and 1969 may remember visiting the Coxville Zoo.

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IH 35

By Larry Willoughby Friday, 24 April 2009 06:58

Anyone who lives in or travels to the Austin area has, at some point, been on a very congested stretch of highway: IH 35.

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Dan Moody - Part Two

By Ken Anderson Friday, 30 January 2009 15:31

On Jan. 20, 1925, Miriam “Ma” Ferguson was inaugurated as the first elected female governor in the United States. Immediately afterward, her husband, Jim, strode into the governor’s office, picked up an open Bible left by outgoing Gov. Pat Neff and tossed it aside with the comment, “Sunday School is dismissed. The Governor’s Office is now open for business.”

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Dan Moody - Part One

By Ken Anderson Friday, 19 December 2008 08:01

A chance sighting of a woodpecker caused 16-year-old Dan Moody, who was working with live electricity on top of a 35-foot power pole, to reassess his future.

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The Battle of MoPac

By Larry Willoughby Friday, 24 October 2008 12:15

Since the 1960s, Austin has been known for its community activism and intense political struggles. One of the first and most passionate of these battles was the controversy over the building of Loop 1, more commonly known as MoPac.

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Bull Creek first occupied in 5000 B.C.

By Karen R. Thompson Friday, 23 May 2008 09:57

Marker icon In 5000 B.C., large herds of bison fed on lush grasslands and drank in the spring-fed waters of Bull Creek along what is now Spicewood Springs Road.