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• 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

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• Stephen F. Austin was a Texas empresario, that means he brought other families to settle in Texas

• He moved families in wagons to Texas

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• After he went to Texas he went back to Virginia and he went back and forward…

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• It took months and months to go back to Virginia and then return to Texas

• Each trip was over one thousand miles long

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• 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

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ReferencesReferences

• Images by Bertha, Rocio, Gabriella and Marvel

• Britannica online http://school.eb.com/elementary

• Pebblego http://www.pebblego.com