There is a story to go with the cannon. Margie is standing by it because in fact a woman shot it off into a crowd of men.
The capitol was Austin, It was then thought to be better in Houston. I don't remember who was in office when it moved to Houston. Mr. Austin had the capitol in Austin. Even though the capitol was moved to Houston for a time the important papers stayed in Austin. That is until some Houston men came to steal them. A woman, sorry don't remember her name, tried to stop them by shooting the cannon at them. The cannon alerted the Austinites and they stopped them. Another attempt was made and was successful. However some austinites followed them with cannon in tow. The houton men agreed the papers should stay in Austin and they turned them over.
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