About

In 1848 Phillip Allen and his family occupied land now known as the Mountain City area. This became a community centered around a stage stop from Austin to San Marcos. This area was located about four miles north of present day Kyle and twenty miles southwest of Austin. There were two such stage stops – Manchaca Springs (out of Buda) and then Mountain City. This little community was a thriving one with businesses, a school and of course a building used as both a school and church. That school was called the Live Oak Academy and students sometimes boarded in the community during the week to return to their homes on weekend. At this time there was no Kyle or Buda – only farmland to the east and ranchland to the west.