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Huntsville
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Sam Houston Memorial Museum
The Sam Houston
Memorial Museum is a part of the Sam Houston Shrine complex, and was
designed as a permanent monument to the memory of Sam
Houston and as a repository for valuable relics connected with
his life. Sam Houston
gained a reputation for his colorful costumes, and enjoyed wearing
Cherokee attire on visits to Washington. On display is his leopard
skin vest. When asked why he chose a leopard, Houston would respond
that it was because a leopard never changes its spots.
The Sam Houston Shrine comprises some fifteen acres of Sam
Houston's homestead, together with several historic buildings
associated with his life. In addition, the Commission allocated funds
to purchase land adjacent to the old
cemetery where Sam
Houston is buried, and to repair the "Steamboat
House" and remove it to the Sam Houston Shrine.
The Houston Shrine is a part of the campus of Sam Houston State University,
and is operated by the University. It is located at the corner of
Sam Houston Avenue and 19th Street in Huntsville.
http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/
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Sam
Houston Memorial Museum
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, October 2010 |
"President
Houston's Message to the Congress of the Republic of Texas December
20, 1841"
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, October 2010 |
Sam
Houston Memorial Museum Inscription
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, October 2010 |
Pond
on the museum grounds
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, October 2010 |
Sam
Houston Memorial Museum night view
Photo courtesy Tony Cannata |
From
"Monuments Commemorating the Centenary of Texas Independence", State
of Texas, 1938.
Courtesy Sarah
Reveley |
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