Sam Houston Blog Series
Sam Houston Moved On, but a Founding Family Preserved the Legacy of His Schoolhouse
Before he became a war hero and statesman, Sam Houston was a humble frontier schoolteacher in Blount County, Tennessee. The log cabin where he taught is now a historic site, preserving the legacy of education on the early American frontier and the beginnings of one of the 19th century’s most remarkable lives.
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