Austin trivia
Dina Dreifuerst here, posting under Barbara's account.
In response to Barbara's question about the streets of Austin, it is true that the downtown north-south streets are named after the rivers of Texas, in order. So the eastern-most street is Red River; the western-most, Rio Grande.
As a native Austinite, I learned that tantalizing tidbit in Texas History class :)
Of course, there is no "Congress" River in Texas!
And speaking of the second-largest employer in Austin (after UT), aka "politics," Texas' capitol building is one of the only domed state capitols in the nation, and the only one *taller* than the one in D.C.
That's Texas pride for ya!
Final bit o' trivia: here at the Driskill, we're just a few blocks from Town Lake. Town Lake, Lake Austin and Lake Travis are the three lakes in the Austin area. None are real lakes. They're dammed up sections of the Colorado River. In fact, all but one of the lakes in Texas are man-made with dams on our numerous rivers.
Librarians, start your engines! What is Texas' only natural lake?
In response to Barbara's question about the streets of Austin, it is true that the downtown north-south streets are named after the rivers of Texas, in order. So the eastern-most street is Red River; the western-most, Rio Grande.
As a native Austinite, I learned that tantalizing tidbit in Texas History class :)
Of course, there is no "Congress" River in Texas!
And speaking of the second-largest employer in Austin (after UT), aka "politics," Texas' capitol building is one of the only domed state capitols in the nation, and the only one *taller* than the one in D.C.
That's Texas pride for ya!
Final bit o' trivia: here at the Driskill, we're just a few blocks from Town Lake. Town Lake, Lake Austin and Lake Travis are the three lakes in the Austin area. None are real lakes. They're dammed up sections of the Colorado River. In fact, all but one of the lakes in Texas are man-made with dams on our numerous rivers.
Librarians, start your engines! What is Texas' only natural lake?
posted by Barbara Fullerton at 10:55 AM
4 Comments:
Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas. It's over in East Texas, near Jefferson.
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