AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Parks and Recreation Board created a Barton Springs Bathhouse working group in July 2023 with two objectives: recommending a new name for the bathhouse and ...

The structure will be named after Joan Means Khabele, who jumped into the Barton Springs Pool in the early 1960s despite segregation laws.

Barton Springs, whose cool, natural waters have created summer memories for generations in Austin, Texas, has become an important refuge during the current heat wave.

4 p.m. Tuesday update: Barton Springs remains closed for repairs as of Tuesday afternoon, the city of Austin said. Deep Eddy Pool, at 401 Deep Eddy Avenue in West Austin, will temporarily begin ...

After multiple exchanges, the land where Barton Springs is located ended up with Andrew Zilker in the early 1900s. He later sold 50 acres of his land, which included the springs, to the City in 1917.

The man who would one day bestow Barton Springs to the local government arrived in 1876: 18-year-old Andrew Jackson Zilker, who moved to Austin with just 50 cents jangling in his pocket.