That is undoubtedly too grand a headline for what is, essentially, a piddling archaeological tale of an old rain-catcher in the Brazosport Facts, one of Texas’ more curious newspapers. Its name, alone, is curious. But this cistern allegedly held water that Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin probably drank at the first capital of the Republic of Texas–before the capital was moved, first to Houston, and then to Austin.
Via Mouth of the Brazos
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 