Historical Markers in Texas

Site of First Home in Texas Owned by General Sam Houston

History·Nacogdoches County·Texas

Erected in 1836 by John Forbes, Commissary General of the Army at San Jacinto. Purchased by General Houston April 10, 1839. Marked by the State of Texas 1936.

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31.6027, -94.6554

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