Austin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Austin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city was first settled c. 1872 when the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway built its tracks approximately one mile southeast of Old Austin. Many residents of Old Austin moved near the railroad tracks, in some cases uprooting and transporting entire buildings. The new city forming near the tracks was originally known as "Austin Station" to distinguish it from the original Austin, but eventually became known as Austin while the old community became known as "Old Austin".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Austin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Austin’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewInstitutional structures by Gilbe…, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Austin, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Institutional structures by Gilbert.] [Sketches (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.