SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN — How long has it been since you visited this capital of Stephen F. Austin's colony on the Brazos River? A few things have not changed in decades: A somber memorial obelisk ...

Best of all, a bronze map gives visitors a bird's-eye view of the settlement. San Felipe de Austin is on FM 1458 a couple of miles north of I-10 near Sealy. Admission is $10 per person or $22 per ...

A museum in San Felipe, 40 miles west of Houston, commemorates the unique history behind Stephen F. Austin’s founding colony.

SAN FELIPE, Texas (AP) - Heading west on I-10 out of Houston, you normally clear the clotted traffic at about the Fort Bend County line, if you’re lucky; a few miles farther on you’ll come to ...

Brian McAuley, manager of the Austin County site, with the San Felipe Flag designed for the Texas Militia in 1836. "This is not a forgotten place," he says.

Stephen F. Austin established San Felipe in 1823 as the capital of his colony. By the time of its destruction in 1836 it had a population of 500 to 600, making it the second-largest town in ...