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 rea...

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 l...

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 i...

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 a...

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 co...

       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 ...

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 ab...

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 Po...

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...

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 w...

Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) Original Developer of West Lake Hills tells stories from the 1930s-40s about building Westlake Drive, connecting the Bee Cave Road to Redbud Trail and the Dam Site.  The WPA had funding to improve access to the n...

Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) tells us of the changes that came to Westlake Hills in the 1930s. Prohibition ended. Bee Cave Road was paved. Electricity came to the Bee Cave Road area. Mervin Ash was the King Pin of gamblers in Aust...

          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 gr...

Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) tells us the story of securing the land west of the Dam site in 1938 after the LBJ tip about development along the lake.            Buying the land was a precursor to buildin...

         Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) Original developer of Westlake Hills tells of a meeting he had with LBJ. Emmett was a few years ahead of LBJ at Southwest Texas State in the '20s. Emmett's brother, Polk, had chal...

Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) Original Developer of Westlake Hills, tells of this first big land deals. He acquired the center of Westlake in a few owner-financed deals back when $2 an acre was the going rate and terms were flexible.

              Emmett Shelton Sr. tells the sad story of an Early Westlake Cedar Chopper, Tom Young. (Bless his heart, Emmett calls him Jim by mistake. A search of local newspapers from the time, verify his...

          Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) shares a Thanksgiving Special. It was 74 years ago that Emmett's namesake, Emmett Jr. graduated Austin High when he was called to duty as a Marine in the Korean War. After brutal...

         Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) shares several stories about the "Texas Hot Oil" business, and its impact on struggling families and a ex-governor, roughly 100 years ago.         &nb...

             Emmett Shelton Sr. (1905-2000) shares first-hand stories involving Capt. Frank Hamer, Texas Ranger.                       Frank...

      Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) was a personal friend of Capt. Frank Hamer, Head of the Texas Rangers in the 1930s. Emmett shares their candid conversations.      In this second episode, Capt. Hamer's lunchtim...

             Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) tells of his first-hand experiences with the famous Capt. Frank Hamer of the Texas Rangers in the 1930s. Emmett was a close person friend of Capt. Hamer and provides a g...

 Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) continues his new Chapter "Austin Hustlers" from his 50-year career as a criminal defense lawyer in Austin, roughly 100 years ago.           Emmett tells first-hand stories of t...

         Emmett Shelton (1905-2000) continues his new Chapter "Austin Hustlers" from his 50-year career as a criminal defense lawyer in Austin, roughly 100 years ago.           Emmett t...

Dear Listeners - this tape is old - please take the extra care to make it out - One-of-a-kind first-hand stories of our most famous Austin Madame!       Emmett Shelton Sr (1905-2000) tells of his experien...