Notes and Reflection: 1871-1892 Time Tour
Economic Effects:
Related Urban
Improvements:
Social Effects:
(Ex: New groups attracted to Austin)
Arrival of the
Railroad in Austin
1871
Challenges/problems for Austin:
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What were Austin and other Texas cities (Tyler, Waco) competing for in 1880-81? What were seen as Austin’s
strengths and liabilities? (In addition to the time tour, consult the Augustus Koch biography.)
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Did the visions of Austin as the “American Oxford of the Southwest” include all Austin residents? Explain. How did
groups excluded from this vision respond? (In addition to the time tour, consult the interactive timelines, and
biographies of Newton Collins, W.H. Passon, and Rev. Jacob Fontaine in ht e1871-1892 time tour, and the
biography of Laurine Cecil Anderson in the 1893-1929 time tour.)
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Why did A.P. Woodridge see a dam on the Colorado as essential to Austin’s future? (In addition to the time tour,
consult the A.P. Wooldridge biography.)