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Ch1 Developing Westlake Ep105 Cedar Crest Night Club
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| 1/1/26 | Ch1 Developing Westlake Ep105 Cedar Crest Night Club✨ | historyprohibition+4 | — | — | Westlake HillsBee Cave Road+3 | Westlake HillsMervin Ash+5 | — | 8m 22s | |
| 12/30/25 | Ch1 Developing Westlake Ep 104 Emmett Builds First Business @ Future County Line | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) tells one of his favorite tales - His first Westlake business and a birthday surprise. Emmett was 24, a recently married college graduate in 1929. He and several partners built the Moosehead Lodge - where County Line on the Hill is now located. It was in the hills - 8 miles from Austin, down the dirt road to Bee Caves and had no utilities. It was one of the first rock and mortar business... | 4m 03s | ||||||
| 12/26/25 | Ch1 Developing Westlake Ep 103 Trading Diamonds for Austin Dam Site | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) tells us the story of securing the land for the Dam site in 1938. Emmett and brother Polk ran a tough primary against Lyndon B. Johnson in LBJs first Congressional race. After LBJ was elected in 1938, he made a visit to Emmett and Polk's office. LBJ told Emmett that the new Works Progress Administration (WPA) was planning to rehabilitate all the dams on the Colorado River, including the Austin Dam which had been broken for 28 years. If someone would want to get ... | 15m 26s | ||||||
| 12/22/25 | Ch1 Developing Westlake Ep102 LBJ's Tip, Roy Ranch and Our Future | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) Original developer of Westlake Hills, tells of a tip Emmett got from LBJ in1938 regarding the upcoming rehabilitation of the dams on the Colorado River. The Austin Dam had been broken for almost 30 years. LBJ advised Emmett of the WPA and plans to renovate the damns all up and down the Colorado River for flood control. Obviously, it would also make the currently flood-proned land, usable and valuable.... | 5m 17s | ||||||
| 11/2/25 |  Ch13 Austin Law Ep3 Greer n Yarborough Murder Trials | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2999) tells first-hand stories of two high-profile Murder trials in Austin, roughly 100 years age. Emmett's father, John E. Shelton, had a prominent criminal law firm in Austin with his four sons. In the 1920s, John E,'s Uncle H.C. Greer caught an ex-employee stealing from his feed store on So. Congress. The thief shot Uncle Greer ... | 18m 57s | ||||||
| 9/22/25 |  Chap 5 KKK in Austin -1882 Lynching of Uncle Sam | 'Mob Law' was common 'justice' in Central Texas, roughly 150 years ago. Emmett's Great Great Uncle Sam Shelton was a wild cowboy in Belton in 1880s. He was arrested one night for attempted murder of a deputy and his teen son was jailed with him. A Mob took Uncle Sam from the Belton Jail with a Black Man, Mr. Keys. They were hung on an oak on the Hilltop. Sam's teen brother, Terrell, was spared and witnessed the h... | 12m 20s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 |  Ch13 Dems for Ike Ep3 WLH Hero's BBQ and flatbed Campaign for IKE with Ms. Davenport | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) was a life-long Austin Democrat BUT like many Texans in 1952, Emmett became a 'Democrat for Eisenhower'. Emmett tells of hosting Ntl. War Hero, Gen. Clements, with over 100 dignitaries, at a BBQ to celebrate at Emmett's Westlake Hilltop home. Gen. Clements, and the others, were all big supporters of Gen. Eisenhower for President. Instead of switching to the ... | 12m 36s | ||||||
| 8/1/25 |  Ch13 Dems for Ike Ep2 1952 Texas Dem Conventions Don't Back Stevenson | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) was a life-long Democrat BUT like many Texans in 1952, Emmett became an 'Eisenhower Democrat'. In the 1950s, Central Texas had become liberal. Emmett was active in the Texas Democratic Party and Gov. Alan Shivers asked for Emmett's help to swing the leadership to the right for the Ntl. Democratic Convention but Emmett had pledged to Eisenhower. Instead, Emmett's friend Herman Heath went to the Republican Convention to push for Taft... | 8m 16s | ||||||
| 7/28/25 |  Ch13 Dems for Ike Ep1 1952 Austin Begins Swing to the Right | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) was a life-long Austin Democrat BUT in 1952 Emmett became an 'Eisenhower Democrat'. In the 1952, Central Texas had become so liberal that Dems would not allow the conservative Gov. Shivers to be the Travis County delegate in the State Democratic Convention. Emmett was active in the Texas Democratic Party and Gov. Alan Shivers asked for Emmett's help. Emmett became Chair of the County Democratic Co... | 9m 06s | ||||||
| 5/21/25 |  Ch13Law Tales Ep 104 Tx Rangers v Capitol Bootlegger | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) Tells an interesting tale of how Capt. Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers addressed a bootlegger operating outside their Capitol window. For maps and other info check out our Facebook page: Our Westlake Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton. | 4m 02s | ||||||
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| 5/20/25 |  Ch20 Tx Rangers Ep3 Leading Rangers Was a Family Job | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) shares first-hand stories involving Capt. Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger. Frank's brother, Capt. D.E. Hamer, was made head of the Texas Rangers when Ma Ferguson became Governor. Austin had a popular Skillball game. Emmett had to call on Capt. D.E Hamer to protect the games from extortion from a San Antonio gang. These wer... | 11m 56s | ||||||
| 5/18/25 |  Ch13Law Tales Ep102 Capt. Frank Hamer Texas Ranger | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) tells a tale about Texas Ranger, Capt. Frank Hamer, and how he became the Head Texas Ranger. It started at the Tx Border and continued with a racial uprising near Sherman that resulted in a lynching and burned courthouse.. For maps and other info check out our Facebook page: Our Westlake Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton. | 3m 59s | ||||||
| 5/16/25 |  Ch13 Law Tales Ep 101 Capt Frank Hammer v. Gammell Bookstore | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) shares an interesting law case from 1931. Texas Ranger, Capt. Frank Hamer, officed in the Capitol and uncovered a scheme by Austin's Gammell Bookstore to steal and sell Texas Session Acts. Emmett defended the Gammell Boys in court. They were guilty but, in a last-minute twist, they got off. For maps and other info check out our Facebook page: Our Westlake Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton. | 9m 52s | ||||||
| 5/8/25 |  Ch4 Austin Hustlers Ep 7 Buck Stops with Capt. Frank Hamer - Texas Ranger | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) shares first-hand stories of cases he represented involving Capt. Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger. Frank's claim to fame was the killing of the notorious Bonnie and Clyde. In the 1930s, Capt. Frank Hamer officed in the Capitol during Prohibition. He arrested an Austin bootlegger within block of the Capitol. Emmett represented the bootlegger. The next tale is a case where Capt... | 19m 47s | ||||||
| 4/29/25 | Chap. 1 - Hx of WLH - Epis. 13 - Emmett Shelton Bridge | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) tells how he worked in the late 1940s to have a bridge built between Austin and Westlake Hills. This would make Westlake accessible to the city. Petitions, BondIssues. Emmett's effort was successful and in 1949 the bridge opened but went nameless until 1989. On On Emmett's 85th birthday -- the City of Austin gave him the great honor of lifetime achievement by naming the bridge the "Emmett Shelton Bridge". We had a grand party! For maps and other info check out ... | 2m 36s | ||||||
| 4/13/25 | Ch14 Specials Ep7 Polk Shelton - WLH Original Music | Emmett Shelton Sr.'s son Polk Shelton shares a medley of his original tunes for the Austin radio station around 2000. Emmett Shelton Sr. raised Polk in Westlake. Polk followed his father's footsteps into criminal law in Austin. However, his real love was writing songs and playing music with his friends - especially at Austin's historic Saxon Pub. Sending Love from the Shelton Family! 1) Do You Really Want a Christmas Tree this Year2) Daddy's Dreams Are in the Hills3) Old Truck4) Blood Brother... | 17m 17s | ||||||
| 4/3/25 | Ch5 Early South Austin Pt.1 Dice Winnings and Hill's Cafe | Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) was a defense attorney for some of Austin's most notorious hustlers and shares first-hand tales from roughly 100 years ago, The Depression years brought out the hustlers who were looking for a quick buck. Emmett represented one such gambler who turned his talent into a legend. Sgt. Posie Hill (future co-owner of Hills Cafe) was an expert dice player in east Austin in the 1930s. In WWII, he was stati... | 7m 56s | ||||||
| 3/31/25 | Chap 2 - Peninsula - Epis 5 - Trail of Madrones / Bull Mountain History | Emmett Shelton, Sr. tells of his partnership with Sterling Holloway in developing the High Road and Trail of Madrones, making the Westlake Highlands accessible. Emmett also tells of riding horseback from where the County Line Restaurant is now located, to seal the deal with an investor the Bull Mountain property. Keep in mind, there were no roads in the Highlands at that time, no Pennybacker Bridge, no Loop 360, no Toro Canyon - just Westlake Drive. For maps and other info check out our... | 13m 12s | ||||||
| 3/24/25 | Ch1 Developing WLH Ep9 Toro Canyon Area | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) is the Original Developer of Westlake Hills. In this Episode, Emmett tells stories of his partnership with Sterling Holloway and putting in Toro Canyon Road and paving extensions of Westlake Drive. Emmett and his wife Joyce worked with Malcolm Fox to develop the Fast Fox and Slow Turtle Subdivisions. They had to fight the city over their 1 acre minimum lot size. The Shelton's won and the community benefited. Music: Daddy's Dream by Emmett's Son Pol... | 8m 57s | ||||||
| 3/15/25 | Chap. 1 - Hx of WLH - Epis12 - Westlake Corner | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) is the Original Developer of Westlake Hills. In this episode, Emmett tells stories of working with Johnny Mussleman and Johnny's vision to develop the Westlake/Red Bud Corner. Johnny truly contributed to completing Emmett's Dream of Westlake Hills. Emmett closes this episode with a reflection about the spirit of the dealings that Emmett and Joyce had with their business partners. For maps and other info check out our Facebook page: Our Westlake Stories t... | 6m 01s | ||||||
| 3/4/25 | Ch2 - Developing WLH Ep 6 Davenport Ranch | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) rounds out the Chapter on developing the Westlake Peninsula with a first-hand story of the sale of the 1,000 acre Davenport Ranch in the 1940s. Nobody knew exactly where the boundaries were, but Emmett owned the surrounding ranches. Emmett traces this history back to 1840 when the Walsh family bought it to mine lime. Later, owners harvested cedar. In the 1940s, Emmett took Ms. Davenport out to the pro... | 19m 40s | ||||||
| 2/21/25 | Ch1- Developing WLH - Epis 106 - Central Westlake - Stonehedge Estates | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) was the Original Developer of Westlake Hills. He recorded his history of the area to share with the community, even after he was gone. In this Episode, Emmett tells stories about developing the Chambers Survey which includes 500 acres in the Central part of Westlake Hills - Old Stonehedge. He paid $2,000 for the 500 acres in the early 1930s. The earliest house built in the area was built ... | 9m 55s | ||||||
| 2/18/25 | Ch2 Building Roads Ep104 High Road and Partnerships | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) was the original developer of Westlake HIlls. He tells of the partnership of Sterling Holloway that lead to the expansion in the High Road and Bull Mountail. Music: Daddy's Dreams by Emmett's son Polk Shelton For maps and other info check out our Facebook page: Our Westlake Stories told by Emmett Shelton / compiled and submitted by Cynthia Shelton. | 9m 46s | ||||||
| 2/13/25 | Ch2Building Roads Ep3 - Defending the Land | Emmett Shelton, Sr. (1905-2000) was the original developer of Westlake HIlls. He tells of expanding Westlake Drive to the Westlake Highlands and building Toro Canyon Road. In the 1940s, there was no Pennybacker Bridge or Loop 360 to provide access to this area. One old abandoned Land Grant (Brown Survey) in Westlake Highlands caught Emmett's attention. He got possession of the 500 acres by claiming and gating it for 10 years and protecting it from trespassers. One Sunday in ... | 8m 40s | ||||||
| 2/11/25 | Ch2 Building Roads Ep102 Westlake Drive North to Lakeshore | Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) Original Developer of Westlake Hills tells of developing Westlake Drive from the current corner of Redbud Trail, North to Lakeshore Addition dating back to 1920. Even before Westlake Drive and Redbud Trail were thru, Emmett got a contract with a Professor McCorkell on 50 acres on the mountain top overlooking the Corner for $3k cash. When the Prof sold years later he got 50% per year increase. Getting to the lake was a challenge negotiating the terrain, sloughs a... | 8m 40s | ||||||
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