1 old-timey photo of the Texas Capitol to go

Back in 1836, lawmakers in the newly created Republic of Texas convened in Columbia (now West Columbia), southwest of Houston.

• Sam Houston was inaugurated as president there — but after about a month, complaining of pinched conditions, the lawmakers voted to move the capitol to Houston.

Austin has been the nonstop seat of Texas government since 1845 — and the present Capitol building was completed in 1888.