Stone memorializing Sam Houston
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Memorial Object
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Plaque/Marker
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Houston, Sam
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Stone memorializing Sam Houston
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The “Walk of Fame” was created in 1929 by then president Hamilton Holt to honor significant historical figures. The memorial is located in the center of campus around Mills Lawn.
Sam Houston, born in Virginia, was a prominent military and political leader in the antebellum United States. He fought in the War of 1812 and was a key figure in the Texas Revolution, winning the major Battle of San Jacinto. Politically, he served as governor of Tennessee and Texas, president of Texas (twice), and a US senator for Texas. Houston owned slaves and saw them as an economic necessity. However, he opposed the extreme voices on both sides in the build-up to the Civil War, not seeing slavery as a reason for secession. Indeed, he was a staunch Unionist, which resulted in his ouster as Texas governor.
Houston's stone in the Walk of Fame came from the front walk of the house he had in Huntsville, Texas. In the 20th century, the home was part of the Sam Houston Normal Institute--now Sam Houston State University. It was donated by J. L. Clark, a longtime Texas historian at the school. It is unclear when the stone was installed at Rollins, but it was before 1939.
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Stone set in grass with an eroded inscription.
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Sam Houston (1793- 1863)--Huntsville, TX
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Clark, J. L.
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Rollins College
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