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Being in central Austin, the capitol of Texas,  means that our neighborhood has its fair share of history and local landmarks. Below are some articles from our newsletter, the Heritage Herald,  that touch on various events in our neighborhood's past.

To view these articles, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program for the PC or Macintosh that reads PDF files. Once the reader is properly installed, you can click on the pages below and they will load into your browser for viewing and printing.

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"Reminiscences of the Heritage neighborhood" by Anne Olivia Boyer, 1993. Anne interviews Myrle Penn, whose family used to own the land that constitutes much of the current neighborhood.
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"Gypsy Grove" by Charles Brian Owen, 1995. Charles dives into the meaning behind the 'Gypsy Grove' name for the northeastern part of our neighborhood.
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"An early neighborhood gardner: Anita M. Miller" by Anne Olivia Boyer, 1995. Anne finds a 1908 article in The Garden Magazine by one of our early residents. Good information on how to keep cowboys from riding their horses across your lawn!
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"If walls could whisper" by Robert Mace and Wendy Weiss, 1993. Robert and Wendy go to the leaf_rt.gif (628 bytes) Austin History Center to discover what they can find out about their little house and are able to trace occupants back to the (very)   late 1800s. Advice on what you can do to research the history and occupants of your house.
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"Comanches strike near Heritage neighborhood!" by Charles Brian Owen, 1994. Charles investigates the colorful history of Seiders Springs to the northwest of our neighborhood.
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"Jane McCallum: Heritage neighborhood's suffragette" by Charles Brian Owen, 1994. You've whet your appetite on the historical marker in front of this neighborhood bed and breakfast. Now read more about this famous former resident.
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If you would like to contribute articles on neighborhood history to this page, please contact robert mace at 451-7094.

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last updated: 01.01.2005 by robert.e.mace
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