Author: Robin

  • Collins Cemetery

    In 2004, the Texas Historical Commission erected Marker Number 18940, designating the Collins Cemetery as an historic place in the state of Texas. Situated at the foot of Pilot Knob, Austin’s extinct volcano, the cemetery is the final resting place for Collins family members. Our Collins forefather, Newton Isaac Collins, Sr. (1826-1903), purchased this land Hwy… — read more

  • pilot knob: the Collins Family Farm

    South of Onion Creek in Austin, Texas stands the city’s highest point – Pilot Knob. It is the core of an extinct volcano that formed underwater 80 million years ago. Looking at it today, you’d never know. This is where my family is from. Picture above in the 1980s is my maternal grandfather, Talferd Gabriel… — read more