Sam Houston Blog Series
Father Figures and Founding Fathers: The Mentors Who Shaped Sam Houston
Sam Houston was shaped by legends — Lafayette, Jefferson, and Jackson — and one timeless rule: "Honor yourself and your country."
Subject Tags
- 19th Century
- Andrew Jackson
- Andrew Kennedy
- Antebellum America
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- Charles Kennedy
- Democracy
- Dennis Callaghan's Tavern
- Founding Fathers
- Greenback
- Henry McCulloch
- historical markers
- Illiad
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Monticello
- National Historic Site
- Nullification
- Peter Brakebill
- Rachel Jefferson
- Sam Houston Memorial Association
- Scotts Irish
- Secession
- Tennessee
- Thomas Jefferson
- Union