Sam Houston Whittling Site

Sam Houston Whittling Site (HM2440)

Location: Huntsville, TX 77340 Walker County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 43.433', W 95° 33.08'

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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 company indicated that the Gibbs brothers extended credit to the Houston family for their household purchases. General Houston's whittling knife and samples of his creations carved from white pine and other soft woods are located at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum.
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HM NumberHM2440
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Year Placed1993
Placed ByCitizens of Huntsville in Recognition of the Sam Houston Bicentennial
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, December 26th, 2017 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15R E 255696 N 3401782
Decimal Degrees30.72388333, -95.55133333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 43.433', W 95° 33.08'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 43' 25.98" N, 95° 33' 4.7999999999999" W
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Area Code(s)409, 936
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1118 11th St, Huntsville TX 77340, US
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