I had always assumed - rightly or wrongly - that the abundance of natural freshwater springs along the fall line was one of the reasons the fall line was a good place to settle.
San Marcos, between San Antonio and Austin, is the oldest continuously inhabited area in North America because it's had nonstop freshwater springs for thousands of years.
IDK how big of an advantage this was once deep wells or plumbing to bring water from rivers or reservoirs became common, though.
Weirdly enough, this is probably the first time that I pay attention to a topological map of Texas, and it explains a lot. Quite cool also all the history behind Dallas and Fort Worth, I didn' know that either.
Incredible hearing that given all your amazing maps—which I visited and enjoyed. Some might appear in my future articles, I’ll make sure to share that I discovered them through you!
Austin is not small anymore - 2.5M population in the metro area (26th in US) and about 1M in city limits (11th in US). By comparison, San Antonio has 2.7M in metro (24th in US) and 1.5M in city limits (7th in US).
I had always assumed - rightly or wrongly - that the abundance of natural freshwater springs along the fall line was one of the reasons the fall line was a good place to settle.
San Marcos, between San Antonio and Austin, is the oldest continuously inhabited area in North America because it's had nonstop freshwater springs for thousands of years.
IDK how big of an advantage this was once deep wells or plumbing to bring water from rivers or reservoirs became common, though.
It’s still cheaper to have the water come to you, but yes, the advantage reduces I’d assume
Really interesting!
Weirdly enough, this is probably the first time that I pay attention to a topological map of Texas, and it explains a lot. Quite cool also all the history behind Dallas and Fort Worth, I didn' know that either.
Hi Miguel!
Incredible hearing that given all your amazing maps—which I visited and enjoyed. Some might appear in my future articles, I’ll make sure to share that I discovered them through you!
Really appreciated ;)
Fascinating, I loved this!
I’ve recently came across your publications and what an amazing discovery!
As a geography lover, this was fascinating.
I’ll keep an eye on the next posts.
I love this series!
And here I thought it was just to make Texas look like a cowboy hat!
Super interesting. Thank you, Tomas
Austin is not small anymore - 2.5M population in the metro area (26th in US) and about 1M in city limits (11th in US). By comparison, San Antonio has 2.7M in metro (24th in US) and 1.5M in city limits (7th in US).