Beginning as the frontier village of Waterloo and eventually becoming the capital of Texas, the city of Austin seen more than just its name change. The last four decades, in particular, witnessed extraordinary changes as the small university town grown to the fifteenth most populous city in the United States.
Today, high-tech corporations and music many thousands of people to Austin. Companies such as National Instruments and Dell engineers and other employees from across the country and abroad. Similarly, the Austin music scene the destination of multitudes of musicians and music lovers. It's no surprise that “Live Music Capital of the World” one of Austin’s many nicknames.
Austin’s number one attraction, the impressive Texas State Capitol, as the seat of Texas government and 14 feet taller than our nation’s Capitol. One of the city’s other popular attractions the sunset flight of 1.5 million bats that live under the Congress Avenue Bridge during the spring and summer.
