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Post by benotforgot on Mar 8, 2005 23:41:30 GMT -6
[/i], history walks the street here. Located on historic El Camino Real (the Royal Highway, now Texas 21 in this area). Sam Houston walked here; Davy Crockett was feted on his way to the Alamo; and J. Pinckney Henderson, Texas' first governor, lived here when San Augustine was the eastern gateway to Texas.
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Post by benotforgot on Mar 8, 2005 23:52:35 GMT -6
[/u], who served two terms as president of The Republic of Texas, one term as the State's second governor, and two terms in the U.S. Congress, was a certified resident of San Augustine upon two occasions while seeking public office. - He was elected a delegate from the district of San Augustine to the Consultation in 1835.
- After serving one term as the republic’s first president, he "came home" once again to be elected to the Congress of The Republic from San Augustine.
General Houston was at one time a law partner with a longtime friend Col. Phillip A. Sublett in the Cradle of Texas. The law office was located across the street from the custom house (now a motor company) in a small building. He was also active in land development at East Hamilton and Pendleton Crossing areas of Sabine County. [/ul] [/size][/quote] |
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Post by benotforgot on Mar 9, 2005 0:30:13 GMT -6
[/i][/u] after crossing the Sabine River from the United States into Texas.
Rightly called The Cradle of Texas Independence, it is believed that ninety percent of those who fought for an independent Texas in 1836 had roots in San Augustine.
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Post by benotforgot on Mar 9, 2005 0:37:04 GMT -6
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Post by benotforgot on Mar 9, 2005 1:16:48 GMT -6
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