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By I.G.V.Atajar, July 24, 2010
Old Gibbs Store Marker
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1 ► Texas, Walker County, Huntsville — 8455 — Old Gibbs Store —  |
| Old Gibbs Store, oldest business in Texas under original ownership and on first site. Established 1841 in Republic of Texas by Thomas Gibbs. Building erected in 1847 after Sanford Saint John Gibbs joined firm. General Sam Houston was steady . . . — — Map (db m201852) HM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Walker County, Huntsville — Sam Houston Whittling Site — |
| This corner was a favorite site where General Sam Houston sat in a special hide-bottom chair to whittle small objects and talk with customers at the General Mercantile Store owned by his friends Thomas and Sandford Gibbs. Early records of the . . . — — Map (db m111866) HM | |||