Details - The Sam Rayburn Homesite - Atlas Number 5147008922

Marker Number	8922
Atlas Number	5147008922
Marker Title	The Sam Rayburn Homesite
Index Entry	Rayburn, Sam, Homesite
Address
City	Windom vicinity
County	Fannin
UTM Zone	14
UTM Easting	776909
UTM Northing	3714045
Subject Codes	land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; national/federal official
Marker Year	1972
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	No
Marker Location	from Windom take FM 1743 south 2.8 miles to R.O.W.
Private Property	No
Marker Condition	In Situ
Marker Size	18" x 28"
Marker Text	Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882-1961), son of William Marion and Martha (Waller) Rayburn, was born in Tennessee; moved to Texas, 1887. Educated at East Texas State University and the University of Texas Law School, became lawmaker: Texas House of Representatives, 1906-13 (House Speaker, 1911-13), United States Congress, 1913-61. World famous as Speaker, United States House of Representatives, 17 years, in terms of Presidents F. D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, J. F. Kennedy. His homesite (1887-1912) was half a mile south of this marker. Incise on base: Marker Sponsors: Jack Kreck, Robert West, John Barrett, Fannin National Bank.