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Sam Houston Spoke Here

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Courthouse lawn, Gilmer, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 43' 44.16421000008", -94° 56' 37.3137"
 
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     On this Cherokee Trace site he had visited 25 years earlier, when he lived with the Indians, 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.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Sam Houston Spoke Here Historical Marker Location Map, Gilmer, Texas