A History Lover’s Guide to Austin

Description

Leave the brochures behind and tour Austin neighborhoods with an ambassador of the citys less familiar history, from the dirt on 6th Street to the music of hidden wildlife.

Witness the rise of a metropolis from the tiny frontier outpost of Waterloo into a world leader in culture and technology. Discover the lost treasure of Shoal Creek in Pease Park or just a sense of inner peace amid the koi ponds and waterfalls of the Zilker Botanical Gardens.Like the bats of Congress Avenue, navigate Austin neighborhoods by sound, taking cues from the Stevie Ray Vaughns beloved guitar and Angelina Eberlys city-saving cannon. Award-winning tour guide Jason Weems charts a course through Austins heritage, treading the back streets stalked by a serial killer and the stately halls of the Texas State History Museum.