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Stephen F. Austin Texas Empresario. By: Bertha, Rocio, Gabriella, and Marvel. Stephen F. Austin. Stephen F. Austin was born in Virginia He became an empresario when his father was attacked in Missouri After 2 days his father died so Stephen F. Austin took over the trip. Stephen F. Austin.
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Stephen F. AustinTexas Empresario By: Bertha, Rocio, Gabriella, and Marvel
Stephen F. Austin • Stephen F. Austin was born in Virginia • He became an empresario when his father was attacked in Missouri • After 2 days his father died so Stephen F. Austin took over the trip
Stephen F. Austin • Stephen F. Austin was a Texas empresario, that means he brought other families to settle in Texas • He moved families in wagons to Texas
Stephen F. Austin • After he went to Texas he went back to Virginia and he went back and forward…
Stephen F. Austin • It took months and months to go back to Virginia and then return to Texas • Each trip was over one thousand miles long
Stephen F. Austin • Stephen Austin brought 300 families to Texas • But half of the people died on the way because of hunger and thirst • Stephen at last had his own colony
References • Images by Bertha, Rocio, Gabriella and Marvel • Britannica online http://school.eb.com/elementary • Pebblego http://www.pebblego.com