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Photographer: Frankie
Taken: April 23, 2015
Caption: The Sam Houston Monument Marker
Additional Description: Inscriptions on the Sam Houston Monument The Sam Houston Monument was executed in San Antonio from the sculptor's plaster cast. The inscriptions were composed by Sam Houston's youngest daughter, Antoinette (Mrs. "Nettie" Houston Bringhurst), and approved by other family members. When the monument was delivered for the 1911 ceremonies, it was found that the word "governor" had been misspelled. The only correction that could be made quickly was to smooth the area and abbreviate the word as "Gov'nor". Placed by the citizens of Huntsville, in Recognition of the Sam Houston Bicentential
Submitted: July 6, 2018.
Database Locator Identification Number: p433925
File Size: 3.065 Megabytes

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