Moses Austin (1761-1821) set off a chain of events that changed the world. Yet his grave in Potosi, Mo., is a modest affair that hardly mentions some of his accomplishments. Born in Connecticut, Moses ...

Moses Austin, the patriarch of Anglo settlement in Texas, died before his colonial dream became a reality. Austin was born in Connecticut in 1761. As a young man, he opened dry goods stores in ...

A: This is an intriguing question, Mr. Dollar, and also a fairly challenging one. Though the Texanist is totally up for it, you should know that while he is occasionally sidetracked for remarkably ...

Many historians have called Stephen F. Austin the “father of Texas” for his efforts to bring the first settlers from the United States into Texas. But the story begins with his own father, businessman ...

Moses Austin was a founder of Herculaneum, originally a port on the Mississippi River for shipping refined metal. Austin, a native of Connecticut, owned lead mines and smelters in Missouri and was ...

Moses Austin got a glow-up recently when conservators cleaned his 9-foot bronze statue from the top down, restoring an even tone to its surface and giving it a protective coating. “The desired effect ...

Moses Austin didn't mind the distance from the hills of Virginia to the hills of the Missouri Territory to scope out his future. He had heard "the richest lead deposits in the world could be found ...