Chap 1 Hx of WLH - Epis 1 - 200 years of investment (Updated Sound 1/1/2024)
Chapter 1 - Episode 1 - Early Land Grants in Westlake - 200 years of investment opportunities - as told by Emmett Shelton Sr. 1905-2000 Original Developer of Westlake Hills (Updated Sound 1/1/2024)
Emmett recalls the early history of the land of Westlake Hills. He begins in 1836 when Gen. T.J. Chambers was awarded 137,000 acres in Travis and Hays Counties for helping Texas and Mexico develop its court system. He got an additional 1000+ acres (most of Westlake) for service in the Texas Revolution. Emmett includes tales of the few people who lived on this isolated land in the 1800s around Stonehedge Estates. The dams in the Colorado further isolated WLH. Austin businesses saw the investment potential. Some divided parcels into 10 acre lots. Westlake even attracted the McCullough Land and Cattle Company.
For the past 200 years, Westlake has been the land of investment opportunity and Emmett can tell you all about it.
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Music: Daddy's Dreams by Polk Shelton (Emmett's son)
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Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton.