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:
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Weigh what loss your honor may sustain
If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmastered importunity.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse, and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“I know that some will have hard thoughts of me, when they hear their Christ named beside my Buddha, yet I am sure that I am willing they should love their Christ more than my Buddha, for the love is the main thing, and I like him too.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Pike Bishop: He gave his word.
Dutch: He gave his word to a railroad.
Pike Bishop: It’s his word.
Dutch: That ain’t what counts. It’s who you give it to.”
—Walon Green, U.S. screenwriter, and Sam Peckinpaugh (b. 1925)
“When your dreams tire, they go underground
and out of kindness that’s where they stay.”
—Libby Houston (b. 1941)