Austin County

Famous quotes containing the words austin and/or county:

    “if you ever, ever, dare
    To stop a grizzly bear,
    You will never meet another grizzly bear.”
    —Mary Austin (1868–1934)

    “It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)