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On this Cherokee Trace site he had visited 25 years earlier, when he lived with the Indians, Sam Houston twice spoke as the leading Texas statesman-- on June 10, 1857, as U. S. Senator, and early in 1861 as governor. At both times he spoke against secession and in favor of the Union.
Houston, Sam is a historical marker in Gilmer, Upshur County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Upshur County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 108 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7290, -94.9443 near Gilmer. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cherokee Trace (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Upshur County, C.S.A., Upshur County Courthouse, and Leather Factories, C.S.A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5459011319. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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