Details for Sam Houston Spoke Here

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5459011319

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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.

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