Sam Houston

ID: 3243
This file appears in: 1869 Cut Off/Bowie Land

Just after the Alamo fell, Sam Houston, pictured here, defeated a Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto, which won Texas its independence. Houston became the president of the Republic of Texas. In 1845, when Texas was annexed to the United States, Houston became a senator and later governor.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: 1869 Cut Off/Bowie Land

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