Best Guide to Eastside History
Harrison Eppright
Austin changes so rapidly that it feels like every time you blink, a piece of its history slips away – nowhere more so than in East Austin, where waves of condos and hipster bars are sinking the past. Fortunately, we have Harrison Eppright. He's been soaking up Eastside history for six decades – the time he's lived through, but earlier times as well – and he's always eager to share it. The Victory Grill, Downs Field and the Negro Leagues, the city's “1928 Master Plan,” Juneteenth in Austin, Evergreen Cemetery – he knows all about them and more. As Visit Austin's manager of visitor services and tour ambassador, and tour docent for Six Square: Austin's Black Cultural District, Eppright is well-positioned to ensure we remember the East Austin that was.
