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    Sam Houston Park is an urban park located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States, dedicated to the buildings and culture of Houston's past. The park...
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    Sam Houston Race Park is a horse racing track located in unincorporated northwest Houston, Texas, United States. The park hosts both Thoroughbred and...
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    Sam Houston Monument is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Sam Houston by Enrico Cerracchio, installed at the northwest corner of Houston's Hermann Park,...
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  • Sam Houston State University (Sam Houston, SHSU or Sam) is a public research university in Huntsville, Texas. Founded in 1879, it is the third-oldest public...
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    Sam Houston National Forest, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, U.S. Army post Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609)...
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    Buffalo Bayou Park and Sam Houston Park. Within Hermann Park are the Houston Zoo and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Sam Houston Park contains restored...
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    Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the U.S. Senator from Texas, U.S. Representative...
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  • in Houston, Texas Sam Houston Park in Houston, Texas Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, a bridge in Harris County, Texas Sam Houston Regional Library and...
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    Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge (formerly known as the Jesse H. Jones Memorial Bridge) is a span in Harris County, Texas. It was acquired from...
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    Sam Houston Math, Science, and Technology Center (SHMSTC), formerly known as Sam Houston High School is a high school located in the Hawthorne Place and...
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    Sam Houston Jones State Park is a park near the city of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, in southwestern Louisiana (USA), located where the Houston River...
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  • The Sam Houston Futurity is a horse race that has run since the track at Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, Texas, US, was opened in 1994. It remains one...
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    Sam Houston was a slaveholder who had a complicated history with the institution of slavery. He was the president of the independent Republic of Texas...
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    The Sam Houston Hotel is a historic hotel in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel...
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    later become Sam Houston Park. 1907 – The Houston Civic Club placed the Brownie statue donated to the City of Houston in Sam Houston Park. Brownie was...
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    The Sam Houston Award Medal is a medal within the awards and decorations of the Texas State Guard Nonprofit Association that may be awarded to a member...
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    A gazebo during winter, topped with a weather vane Gazebo in Sam Houston Park, Houston, Texas Gazebo, United States, late 19th century Weathered gazebo...
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    The Sam Houston National Forest, one of four National Forests in Texas, is located 50 miles north of Houston. The forest is administered together with...
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    linear parks along Buffalo Bayou to block parks and plazas. On the west side of Downtown along Bagby Street, Sam Houston Park is home to the Houston Heritage...
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  • education Sam Houston State University, in Texas Sam Houston Bearkats, the university's athletic program Sam Houston Race Park, for horses Sam Houston (Toward...
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    Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an 88-mile (142 km) beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States...
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    being the home to the Houston City Hall, City Hall Annex, Hermann Square, Bob Casey United States Court House, Sam Houston Park, and both the Jesse. H...
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    Sam Houston Johnson (January 31, 1914 – December 11, 1978) was an American businessman. He was the younger brother of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Sam...
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    remaining structure in Harris County, Texas. It is now part of Houston's Sam Houston Park Robert H. Williams Samuel M. Williams Solomon Williams Thomas...
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    houses in the several wards. A number of Houston's earliest homes are located in what is now Sam Houston Park. Homes in the Heights have varied architectural...
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    Interstate 45 and home to Sam Houston State University, Texas State Prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville State Park, and HEARTS Veterans...
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  • film originally titled Houston: The Legend of Texas. It stars Sam Elliott in the title role, and is a biopic of Sam Houston's years as Governor of Tennessee...
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    Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it had replaced its governor, Sam Houston, who had refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy. As...
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    Park Cemetery. Yates High School in Houston was named in Yates' honor in 1926. In 1994, Yates' home was moved from Andrews Street to Sam Houston Park...
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  • University of Houston (UH, UofH, or Houston) is a public research university in Houston, Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College...
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