Photos of Texas by Texans

Coming to Austin to work on legislative issues that affect counties is important but what’s really fun is seeing the architectural features and statues in and around Texas’ grand State Capitol building, constructed between 1882 and 1888. The structure was built of red granite from Granite Mountain near the site of present-day Marble Falls in Burnet County. A particularly good time to visit this year will be Wednesday, April 9, County Government Day. TAC Graphic Designer David Garcia shot these photos on a very clear afternoon in December.

County officials and employees (and anyone else in a Texas county) are encouraged to submit their photos for publication in One Last Look to Jim Lewis, county editor at P.O. Box 2131, Austin, TX 78768. If you want the photos returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope and we will try to get it back to you in a few weeks. Also, our lawyers tell us that we can’t be held responsible for lost photos, so if you really treasure that snapshot, haven a 5x7 inch copy made at your local photo outlet and then send us a quality duplicate.