My Town in Austin’s Colony

By: Katie Renberg

My Arrival

I am in San Felipe de Austin! I can’t believe it! My

family has $1,000 to invest! And we have 1,200

acres! There are flexible land payments over 3

years! Thanks to Stephen F. Austin!! So I hope we

do good here!

The man himself: Stephen Fuller Austin!

My Arrival

The trip west was pretty rough though.

Momma said the wagon was very old and

we might not be able to make it back if we

fail with our money here. Please let us not

go bankrupt! I love it here!

Our old wagon

1822We are having a horrible year! Almost

all of our cattle died from the harsh winter! And we almost ran out of lumber to build houses! And the Lively was late on arrival!! So all the settlers on the ship were late and have no idea what to do!!

Cattle in snow

1822

EVERYTHING has gone wrong! This has

been the worst year ever! Momma and

Poppa are saying we have to leave if the

next years are this bad or worse!!!! I

don’t want to leave!! I love it here!!

Momma and Poppa

1823

This year is going better but its still not good :/

The Lively sank and lost all of Austin’s

supplies! I feel bad for him. The winter wasn’t

too harsh but it was still pretty bad.

Lively

1823

The Mexicans and our colony had a

dispute over cotton…lets just say they

won. there wasn’t that much lumber

this year either! Momma and Poppa

have already started packing up things

we don’t use right now like the

decorations that Momma put up! I

don’t want to leave!!!!

Cotton -->

1824

We had a beautiful amazing year!!! The

colony thrived!! There was a high

demand for lumber and beef!!! I am so

happy!!! Thank the Lord for this

beautiful year!!!

1824

There was a bumper cotton crop!!!

This has been the best year ever!!!

Momma says we will continue living

here!! Yay! I love it here!! This is

the best place ever to live!!!

Cotton

My Town

My town is San Felipe de

Austin. We will continue

living here! My family is very

happy here!

My Conclusion

Our final profit is $4,356.00!! That’s more than

four times than what we started with!!!! Our

decision to move here was an amazing decision.

I thought with all the problems in the first two

years ,(harsh winter, Indian attacks near our

colony, the drought, and the sinking of the

Lively), that we would nt make it, but we did!!!!

My name is Jane Moa and I am blessed.

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