Bearkat - Huntsville, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 42.745 W 095° 32.773
15R E 256158 N 3400499
Sculpture is located on the Sam Houston State University Campus in front of Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum.
Waymark Code: WM13R3A
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2021
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Sports Logos"When Sam Houston Normal Institute was changed to Sam Houston State in 1923 they decided to retire the previous athletic nickname of Normals. The team adopted the new name Bearkats, spelled interchangably as Bearcats and Bear Cats in those early days of the new name. A bearkat is a mythical creature and was thought to be a "good fighting name at the time" by 1920s SHSU student-athlete Reed Lindsey.
The "Bearkat" sculpture is white rock. It is not particularly threatening.