Sam Houston was an important figure in Texas history.
Named in his honor are:
- Houston, Texas, the largest city in the state and fourth largest in the United States;
- Houston, Missouri;
- Houston, Pennsylvania;
- Houston County, Minnesota;
- Houston County, Tennessee;
- Houston County, Texas;
- Houston Street in New Haven, Connecticut;
- Sam Houston Tollway in Houston, Texas;
- Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas; and
- Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.
- Several high schools named Sam Houston High School
- Sam Houston Elementary School in Maryville, Tennessee.
- Sam Houston National Forest in Texas;
- Sam Houston Coliseum;
- Sam Houston Park, Houston, Texas;
- Fort Sam Houston Independent School District;
- Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery;
- Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge;
- Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center;
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, places, named, sam and/or houston:
“My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“We saw the machinery where murderers are now executed. Seven have been executed. The plan is better than the old one. It is quietly done. Only a few, at the most about thirty or forty, can witness [an execution]. It excites nobody outside of the list permitted to attend. I think the time for capital punishment has passed. I would abolish it. But while it lasts this is the best mode.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“All places are alike,
And every earth is fit for burial.”
—Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
“who should moor at his edge
And fare on afoot would find gates of no gardens,
But the hill of dark underfoot diving,
Closing overhead, the cold deep, and drowning.
He is called Leviathan, and named for rolling,”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)
“So Sam enters the universe of sleep, a man who seeks to live in such a way as to avoid pain, and succeeds merely in avoiding pleasure. What a dreary compromise is life!”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.”
—Simon Hoggart (b. 1946)