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[Train on Waller Creek Bridge]

Description: Photograph of the front view of a steam train paused on the Waller Creek bridge in Austin. Buildings can be seen on both the right and left hand side of the bridge. There are passengers visible on the platform to the left of the train. On the back of the photograph there is a note that reads "With a little steam left this forerunner of a soon-to-be speeding civilization has stopped on the little Waller Creek bridge in Austin to let the passengers from Houston and other points out a the Depot Ho… more
Date: December 25, 1871
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, December 6, 1871]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote his wife to let her know how his recent traveling had gone. He mentioned a group of Indians that had been sighted on the road. He asked his wife for more news from home regarding her and their children.
Date: December 6, 1871
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
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Partner: Austin College
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