Sam Houston Spoke Here
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txoilgas
N 32° 43.750 W 094° 56.667
15S E 317790 N 3622935
Located on the lawn of the courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM7VC6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2009
Views: 6
Marker Number: 11319
Marker Text:
On this Cherokee Trace site he had visited 25 years earlier, when he lived with the Indians, Sam Houston twice spoke as the leading Texas statesman-- on June 10, 1857, as U. S. Senator, and early in 1861 as governor. At both times he spoke against secession and in favor of the Union.
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