Historical Markers in Texas

General Sam Houston

History·Washington County·Texas

One and one-half miles south General Sam Houston was baptized by Rufus C. Burleson, Baptist minister and president of Baylor University, November 19, 1854 in Rocky Creek. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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30.3162, -96.3469

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