Details for Sam Houston Spoke Here
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5459011319
Data
| Marker Number | 11319 |
| Atlas Number | 5459011319 |
| Marker Title | Sam Houston Spoke Here |
| Index Entry | Houston, Sam |
| Address | Courthouse lawn |
| City | Gilmer |
| County | Upshur |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 317860 |
| UTM Northing | 3622908 |
| Subject Codes | |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Henderson at Marshall St. Reported missing Jan. 2006. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
| 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. |