The official store of the Texas Nationalist Movement.
Stephen F. Austin brought the first three hundred families to Texas in the 1820s. He served the new Republic as Secretary of State and died in December 1836. He wrote the line on the back that July, months after San Jacinto.
Texas Legends No. 5 as a Christmas ornament: the cameo on the front, his words on the back: “The prosperity of Texas has been the object of my labors, the idol of my existence.”
Round aluminum, about 3.5 inches across, printed on both sides, with a red ribbon. Printed to order.
Portrait after an oil painted c. 1836. Image courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
