The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 2 of 10
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cabled 4o the
end a collectgm of
bows and arrows and
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The monument is located at the
Junction o fthe Ban Jacinto River
and Buffalo Bayou on the exact
spot where the battle was fought
I April 21. list.
* It . Is
'cent mi
ed at the site
commemorate HsHHPIP
lory of AMU 81. l83* -one hund-
red and four years ago
this tet--..
be erect- " - 1 ——————
battle to O. C. Cameron of 6a
important vie- spent the week-end in
with his mother. Mrs. J. M
eron.
In another part of the .spacious
been through the Kast Texas used-by I^ton,Hero still ateada _
woods section. [his large book case and shelves memory of this famous-Texan in-
cludes the Sam Houston Memorial
that issue than
County Judge would often
court In Houston’s office.
piney ; •. V j on which were placed his law
pu^!B^i5^Jr&5?£2r »
fact that it was not up to tertiary and the Sam Houston
—In fact we had more , State Teachers Colfege
Huntsville Is one of the oldest
' .towns in the 8tate gnd was estab- M ■
who lished in 18S4. trfo years before |stable. Here Is an old carriage In
' i n • tetetei and ite. tt
Thus it is seen that Huntsville, | • ^..£< ‘ '
in addition to the picturesque and |' On the sides of the monument
sutely teachers colfege on the hUl is Inscribed much of the early
that was named for Oeneral Sam history of Texas. >-
.Houston, the historical cluster ' rt * m
--------.1m i At flj* ot San Jacinto
the Mexicans were In command
of Oeneral Santa Anna who had
been joined by Oeneral Cos Their
combined forces numbered 1600
while 3am Houston had only about
Museum, the old home of Houston
called by film “The Wigwam." the
Steamboat House, in which he
died and his grave in Oak wood
Cemetery,
A fourth building near. Hous-
ton’s house Just outside the big
shady yard is Made of pine logs
and was used as a work 'shop and
h.fc
m:
are many people
the'German war would
ler
we doubt if there
the Texas Revolution when this which Mr. and Mrs.
The 8am Houston Teachers Col- Cutting the bridges behind
lege Is not only the oldest of the Sam Hbukton atUcked the Mel
seven teachers colleges in Texas, can army suddenly during the
but ig the oldest bf the State- afternoon of April 21 while Santa
owned educational institutions. | Anna was taking hi« gMta.
Mexico.
A
hut:country still belonged to
- »ould be any wu the main Texas
- ' ' ’ • a • |home of Oeneral Sam Houston
There are others who think that j end he died to. that city in 1863.
toosrvBlt U the only person among (two years after he had been de-
be ISO million citizens of this posed ss Governor of Texas be-
ountry who can sAfely direct our catise he did hot believe in Texas
katlny at this time. icecedtog from, the Union and
" the Confederacy.
When Oedrge Washington died ( * ' ** _ .
te IT9» many people mourned and Sam Houston’s grave in Oak-
jpJgBjfd that this rcpubUe would wood—Upmpt/ry, ln
. not survive his death two decades
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Texas is rich ,ln history
tradition and there is no other
State outside of the 13 original
eteoain that has anything like
the equal of Texas history.
Huntsville -JL today one
meccas ,for patriotic* Texans.
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and 8am Houston first settled, to
Huntsville In 1847 when he bought
174,acres of land near that city.
He was Jivtog at that city when
he was elected Governor to 1859.
to ride. Other old articles of In-
terest also are found to the build-
ing
ouston used ^.having been established in 1879
The enrollment at the college dur-
ing the regular session Is around
1500.
After spending several hours
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The Mexican 'army was routed
with a loss of 630 killed. 280
1 wounded, and 730 captured. Prac-
tically <the entire Mexican force
in was e
either killed, wpunded. or
When Houston made his suc-
cessful campaign for Oovemor In i Huntsville including a trip through . taken prisoher'
1859 in order to raise money to [the 8tate Penitentiary, the idea • •
finance his campaign, he sold his came, to us as an old teacher, what The Texans sustained a loss of
home, but when he was deposed^a line place it would be for the ttwo killed and 23 wounded. Among
as Governor to 1861 .he returned Senior Class of 1941 of Comanche the Mexicans captured was Oen-
High School to observe "Saaldr. cral Santa Anna -
Day”. We believe It would really . .
be a trip worthwhile and that The Battle of San Jacinto al-
* of. >ha Seniors would learn though amalLJU to. th* pumbas
idls
to Huntsvilje.
■When Houston
ifnntsvmB
his old home and therefore he
leased the "Steamboat House”
which is still standing in the
grounds near the former home of
Sam Houston and It too is now a
State museum featuring the early
history of Texay especially of the
8am Houston period. '
We thought that we had visited The old home, of 8am Houston,
mart of the important historical located oh U. S. Rlghway 76 with-
ahrtnes of Texas, but last iweek »in the City of HUntsvllle Just off
mg took a short inexpensive trip the- Teachers College >.campus, la
through SoUth Texas quid saw now a historical museum and was
much that was worthwhile that restored as much as possible to
w* had never seen before. . its original status by the State co-
* * — operating with The Teachers Col-
Taking U.' S. Highway 75 out of lege. -
Port Worth via Waxahachie. Cor- , * * i
rtcana. and Huntsville to Houston The home Is located fa a
and Galveston: we passed through tlful grove of trees among which
touch of the State that is as dif- is a hundred year old pecan tree
toKBt from this part*-of Texas as said to have been planted, by
Mississippi Is from Colorado. Houston on Arbor Day In 1830 *1-
• • ___^though that was several years
" Beginning at about CenterVtfle, before he moved to that city fer
Sic small county seat of Leon his home. This tree is one Qf the
Connty. you enter into a country prettiest In. Texas and is some-
tttat resembles the Old South that what similar to the big pecan in
•or grandpnrrr.td used to tell us C. M. E<
more Texas history ln a day than men engagecT'Ts still considered
they could to a month from text one of the decisive battles of the
books notwithstanding the gpod world. ’ •
instruction of ^diaa '
ninghaat.
Minnie Cun-
On otir retuhi trip from Oal-
It assured the Independence
Texas which had been declared on 4!
March 2, 1836 and eventually “
vesjon, we visited another shrine changed the history o? the entire
lll-thn _ largely dedicated to,Oeneral 8am western part oMhe United Stateg.
boa\ « the^Jamito^m- ‘T^STheroS'-I^^w^^hc'slle1’ Had the Battle of San Jacinto
era! aent the declining years of ,„f the Bnttle of 8an Jacinto 21 been lost. Texas would not have
his life and it was in the middle i^aouthaaTof Houston! ...
room of this two story house that i 1 .
death overtook, hitee- ----L on the oW San Jacinto Battle-
The nn..» ... h..m ,fleld now stands-the tallest monu-
BaQey. Presbyterian minister and
^president of Austin College: then
located at Huntsville. '
about Hcii one sees little or no
dtarxllnation In every field there
- fa, only cotton and corn and may-
Be a small patch of sweet potatoes
nr ribbon cane. There are no pea-
mits or variety of crops like we
lna to Comanche County. *—~—
manebe.
branches
100 feet.
In the Steamboat House there*
is also a collection of pa ntings or
Texs»-«»n
es and all of the. c*Pl-
TAas has ever
to commemoration' of that lam
ous battle. Tlie monument Is 570
feet tall. 15 feet higher than the
Washington Mounment. Perhaps
the 15 feet -were added for that
purpose. ....... ~~
been annexed to the Onited States
nine years later. , ‘I
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______ Had pot Texas been annexed
erected-to dhe United States, there wwoid
hive been no Mexican War^rtch
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had including the- prvsent build-{
; The
stories
at Austin. Most* of these were; top by an elevator
Immense building is 52
high and. one reaches the
In the old homc.Jp found much
of the furniture used by Mr. and
Mrs. Houston and all the other
furniture In. the house is at least
90 years of age.
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lb Madison County of which
MadisonVilte is the county seat,
there are hundreds of Negro huts There are ala many famous
Wtepr 4ftc roads w:n th* l^lterTWnTip!?® and pictures in. the
farms hiring an old time plants- house and a person interested to
\ toon mansion with Its four white: history could profitably spend a
ports .{day there.
painted by Edward
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The above
are not alj. JLhy-agies standing in
Huntsville today that perpetuate
thejmemory of 8am Houston. In
.Wilkinson.
mentioned buildings
pays 25 cents-for a
for which he i
tlciA.
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1938* the^Texas Centennial Com- and .relics
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The first story or base of the
monument contains stveral rooms v
in whicb-^here is a hiUoriral mus-
eum featuring early Texas history
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888951/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.