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towns of considerable importance and trade, and great
places of resort during the summer.
Brazoria, Columbia, Richmond, San Felipe de Austin,
and Washington-old towns on the Brazos, and places of
trade for their respective vicinities. Brazoria, Richmond,
Austin, and Washington are county seats.
Bolivar and Monticello-new towns on the Brazos; Bolivar
is at the western termination of the Galveston bay and
Brazos railroad.
Liverpool-on Chocolate Bayou; a central spot off the
above-mentioned railroad.
Tenoxtitlan, Nashville, and Milam-on the Upper Brazos,
at present inconsiderable towns. Nashville is a county
seat.
Calhoutn-a new town, recently laid off by the government,
on the eastern end of Matagorda island.
Palacios and Austin-two new towns on Half-moon
point of Matagorda bay. They have the advantage of good
water and a secure harbour.
flatagorda-a considerable town at the mouth of the
Colorado river. It has been a long time settled, and lias a
good trade with the surrounding country. It is the county
seat.
Columbus, La Grange, and Colorado city-towns on the
Colorado, at about the head of navigation. Columbus is a
county seat.
Baslrop (a county seat)-on the Colorado, at the crossing
of the San Antonio road, formerly known as the town of
Mina. It is already of a respectable size.
Austin-on the Colorado, thirty-seven miles above Bastrop.
Selected in April 1839 as the permanent seat of
government. The site chosen by the commissioners has
a front on the Colorado river exceeding three miles in
breadth. It contains 7,735 acres of land, and cost the
Republic 21,000 dollars, it being private property. Nearly
the whole front is a " bluff," with an elevation of fioom thirty
to forty feet-the termination of a prairie, comprising about
2,000 acres, composed of a sandy loam, intersected by two
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/415/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.