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Hill Country Trail Region
Austin
BEAUTY, HEALTH AND PROSPERITY In 1839 a site-selection committee, appointed by the Texas Congress, chose a special location for the Republic’s new capital and, in fact, the characteristics influencing the committee’s decision…