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Come and Take It

by | May 1, 2005 | Travel & Preservation

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Crockett ... Travis ... Houston ... Bowie. ... The Texas Independence Trail is about icons, so it’s only fitting that the first tombstone I notice at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin belongs to one of the Lone Star State’s biggest legends. Sure, I’m looking for Stephen F. Austin’s headstone on Republic Hill, but this gent stands taller than the father of Texas. Tom Landry. Wow, am I impressed. And I hate the Dallas Cowboys. Okay, Austin isn’t really on the Texas Independence Trai


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