My Time in Austin’s

Colony. By:

Felipe Martinez

My Journey

We left cause our house was also really trashy and falling apart

our neighborhood wasn’t really good for us kids also a lot of

killing by the Indians and we had to live instantly. We got a letter

saying to go to Austin’s Colony and we left faster than you can

say bye. We got there on a boat that my family has had for

generations. The trip west was amazing seeing all these lands

and different places.

My Arrival

When I got there I qualified for 1600 acres of

land. Stephen F. Austin said that my family was

so hardworking that we were the first people he

was going to contact for that specific land.

1822

When we started to settle in for 1822 we

started off with good investment money and we

wasted a pretty good amount of money on

cattle, lumber, and cotton.

1822

After the money we spent on the cattle and

stuff harsh winters led the cattle to die .Lots of

buildings took place and people such as us

needed lumber. The Lively was late to arrive

Austin’s Colony.

1823

In 1823 the Lively sank. Our investment money

wasn’t the best but we knew that it would’ve

gotten better. There was also a dispute with

Mexicans over export of cotton.

1823

This year for the cattle was good unlike 1822.

There was still winters but, of course not as bad

as the past year. There was also not a very much

demand for lumber.

1824

In 1824 our investment money wasn’t that

good either but this time the winters finally

stopped. This year there was a high demand for

lumber and there was lots of buildings. We also

had a good year for cotton and there was a high

demand for beef.

1824

We really got money now and we ended up with

4,558 dollors in cash. Which was better than we

really ever had.

My Town

I went to San Felipe and it was a very good

place to go because I got 600 more dollars then I

would’ve gotten if I went to another place.

My Conclusion

I learned to lessons that day Austin’s Colony is

a good place to be and the second lesson was

we got a lot of money that year.

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