| Austin's Montopolis Neighborhood Contributor(s): McGhee Phd, Fred L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467131768 ISBN-13: 9781467131766 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 976 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.59" W x 9.27" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Austin-San Marcos, Texas - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Montopolis is a multiethnic neighborhood located approximately four miles southeast of downtown Austin. The area was long visited and occasionally occupied by various Texas Indian nations; the first documented European or American to settle here was Jessie C. Tannehill, who in 1830 built a cabin and townsite and gave the new community its pretentious name. Instead of establishing a permanent presence in Montopolis, however, subsequent European colonizers looked a few miles upriver to the new settlement of Waterloo, later to be called Austin. Rural and sparsely populated, the remainder of the 19th century saw the Montopolis area used primarily for plantation agriculture. In the 1920s, succeeding waves of Mexican migrants helped establish the modern neighborhood that exists today. Between the 1950s and 1970s, the City of Austin annexed Montopolis, although the area retains much of its rural character. |
Contributor Bio(s): McGhee Phd, Fred L.: - Fred L. McGhee, PhD, is a historical archaeologist and well-known East Austin activist who served as the founding president of the Montopolis Neighborhood Association. Also a former board member of the Austin History Center Association, he has combined historical photographs from the history center and other government agencies with personal photographs and images generously provided by longtime residents and friends of the Montopolis neighborhood. |