Which isn’t to say Sam Houston wore a white hat; though he was an opponent of the Confederacy, he was also a slaveholder. Nationwide, however, ...

- Sam Houston will be wearing another set of throwback decals on their helmets on Saturday, with Bearkats in arching white script with a white stripe down the middle of the orange hats.

Houston started carrying a cane after he was wounded in battle, Michael Sproat said. Sproat is the curator of collections at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum and Republic of Texas Presidential Library.

Among American cities named for dead white men, Houston has the most colorful namesake. And more than 160 years after he died in Huntsville, Sam Houston looms large, literally, here. A 67-foot ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRE) - The Steamboat House, the final home of Sam Houston, is usually closed to the public, but today, on the 160th anniversary of his death, ceremonies honoring Houston were held, ...

Houston died in 1863. His death and funeral happened in what's called the Steamboat House.Another home, the Woodland Home, is still located on its original site.Outside its two rooms, you can read ...