The Capitol of Texas & State Museum

 Austin, TX., the capitol of Texas!  It is a grand building that was paid for with land given up in the pan handle.  The original building burned down one, cold February day, probably because they were heating the area with wood-burning stoves.  :)

 Like other capitol buildings, it is beautiful and reverent.  Each, have their own 'dome' and special architecture that make them stand out among the other sky-scrapers.

I love the paintings through out the capitol.  Here is Davy Crockett.

The Texas Senate was furnished with the original desks from the 1800's.  Center stage, above the podium is 'In God We Trust.'

The chandeliers' light bulbs spell out T-E-X-A-S.  Too cool!

Here is the House of Representatives, with 150 seats and a gorgeous tree.  :)

While we were visiting the capitol, we also went into Rick Perry's office, but unfortunately, he did not have time in his busy schedule to see us.  Ho-hum.....  I wonder what he might be doing?  :)

Outside of the Texas State Museum is this enormous star.  We were not aloud to take pics on the inside, which is always a bummer, but we learned some interesting facts about our state. :)
Did you know that Austin was not the original capitol of Texas?  It was Houston, named after Sam Houston, who lead our army to win the Battle at San Jacinto, where we became the Republic of Texas.
Yee- Haw!  It was later, that Austin was our new capitol.  :)

Glad to be in Texas, where everything is BIG!
Blessings,
Steph