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)
“Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“A part, a large part, of travelling is an engagement of the ego v. the world.... The world is hydra headed, as old as the rocks and as changing as the sea, enmeshed inextricably in its ways. The ego wants to arrive at places safely and on time.”
—Sybille Bedford (b. 1911)
“We named you Joy.
I, who was never quite sure
about being a girl, needed another
life, another image to remind me.
And this was my worst guilt; you could not cure
nor soothe it. I made you to find me.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“I can’t hide it any longer. I love you. It’s the old story, boy meets girl—Romeo and Juliet—Minneapolis and St. Paul!”
—Robert Pirosh, U.S. screenwriter, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer, and Sam Wood. Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx)
“When your dreams tire, they go underground
and out of kindness that’s where they stay.”
—Libby Houston (b. 1941)