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Chimpanzee makes his mark on Austin

While researching the monkey house at Horace Austin State Park, I found a different monkey story. From the June 21, 1934 Austin Daily Herald: Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, February 4, 2012 4:17 pm

Columns

Hangin’ around with Austin’s monkeys

Several readers suggested that I look into the history of the monkey house at Horace Austin State Park. This story from 1934 was published in ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:03 pm

Columns

Stump gets in the way of progress

More this week on Horace Austin State Park, now best known in Austin as the Mill Pond area. When the park was being developed in ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:00 pm

Columns

The story behind Mill Pond, pool

This week, the story of how Horace Austin State Park, now the municipal pool and Mill Pond area, was created. From the Austin Weekly Herald ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:41 pm

Columns

Hastings proudly ran AHS athletics

A man known for his red hair wound up leading the Austin High School athletic program, proudly wearing AHS red and white. Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, January 7, 2012 4:31 pm

Columns

Gilbertson guided Austin’s runners

The track at the Westcott Athletic Complex was dedicated in honor of Larry Gilbertson in 2008. Gilbertson was a long-time coach at Austin High School ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:00 pm

Columns

Seltz let his bat lead the way

As I continue exploring the names of Austin landmarks, I came across a story of a baseball player who followed his bat to the baseball ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 17, 2011 4:08 pm

Columns

Art Hass stood above the rest

In 2003, the Austin High School football stadium was dedicated in honor of Arthur P. Hass. He was born on February 25, 1920 in Clinton, ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 10, 2011 3:16 pm

Columns

A well-known name in Austin tennis

After the history of the AHS athletic fields and football stadium last week, here is the story of Keith Paulson. He was the AHS tennis ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, December 3, 2011 4:41 pm

Columns

A football stadium from farm land

A reader asked me about the history of Westcott Sports Complex. She had an undated photo showing when the football stadium was new with open ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:36 pm

Columns

A Thanksgiving without war

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, I dug out this story about World War I, which ended with a ceasefire on November 11, 1918. This was ... Read more

by Laura Helle, Sunday, November 20, 2011 11:12 am

Archive

Neveln named for Austin superintendent

Neveln School opened in 1951 and was named in memory of Austin public schools superintendent S. T. Neveln. Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, November 12, 2011 6:00 pm

Columns

Skinner took a remarkable education path

Returning to big names in Austin history, this is the story of Gertrude Ellis Skinner. Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:00 pm

Columns

Revisting Cy

We’re taking a break from exploring the big names in Austin history to go back to the Cy Thomson story. Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 22, 2011 5:00 pm

Columns

Ellis M.S. linked to early pioneers

Ellis Middle School, built in 1957, was named after one of Austin’s pioneer families. Read more

by Laura Helle, Saturday, October 15, 2011 5:00 pm

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